Patents by Inventor Eiji Matsumoto

Eiji Matsumoto 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: 20240112608
    Abstract: A display system includes: a display unit that is provided inside a housing mounted on a user's head and that displays an image to the user; a termination detection unit that detects termination of display by the display unit; and an adaptation display determination unit that determines, according to the elapsed time from start to end of display by the display unit, an adaptation display pattern that reduces a difference between an internal illuminance value indicating a brightness inside the housing and an external illuminance value indicating a brightness outside the housing by changing a brightness of the image displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Eiji MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240096667
    Abstract: A defect inspection device in which an optical axis of a detection optical system is inclined with respect to a surface of a sample, and an imaging sensor is inclined with respect to the optical axis, a height variation amount of an illumination spot in a normal direction of the surface of the sample is calculated based on an output of a height measuring unit, a deviation amount of the focusing position with respect to the light receiving surface in an optical axis direction of the detection optical system is calculated based on the height variation amount of the illumination spot, the deviation amount of the focusing position being generated accompanying a height variation of the illumination spot, and the focus actuator is controlled based on the deviation amount of the focusing position, and scattered light intensities at the same coordinates of the sample are added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromichi YAMAKAWA, Toshifumi HONDA, Yuta URANO, Shunichi MATSUMOTO, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Eiji ARIMA
  • Patent number: 11927112
    Abstract: A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Omura, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Eiji Konishi, Kentaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11683549
    Abstract: An information distribution apparatus includes: a user information receiving unit configured to receive user information from user devices that respective users have, the user information including at least one of user-captured images and positional information of the users, and user IDs of the users; a user specifying unit configured to specify at least one user from a plurality of pieces of user information; an other user extraction unit configured to extract at least one other user who is present near the specified user based on at least one of the user-captured images and the positional information of the user; a related user group information generation unit configured to generate related user group information in which at least one of the pieces of user information is associated with at least one of pieces of other user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230179746
    Abstract: A dashboard camera according to one aspect of this embodiment includes: an event detection unit configured to detect an event that has occurred in an own vehicle; an imaging control unit configured to switch, when the event has been detected by the event detection unit, imaging conditions of an imaging apparatus that captures images of an area including the interior of the vehicle from imaging conditions appropriate for the environment inside the vehicle to imaging conditions appropriate for the environment outside the vehicle; and a recording control unit configured to cause a recording apparatus to record the video images captured by the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SUZUKI, Naoya AIZU, Hideaki OGAWA, Eiji MATSUMOTO, Norio KURASHIGE
  • Publication number: 20210360307
    Abstract: An information distribution apparatus includes: a user information receiving unit configured to receive user information from user devices that respective users have, the user information including at least one of user-captured images and positional information of the users, and user IDs of the users; a user specifying unit configured to specify at least one user from a plurality of pieces of user information; an other user extraction unit configured to extract at least one other user who is present near the specified user based on at least one of the user-captured images and the positional information of the user; a related user group information generation unit configured to generate related user group information in which at least one of the pieces of user information is associated with at least one of pieces of other user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Eiji MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11062172
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an optical image acquisition circuitry virtually dividing a sample into strip-shaped stripes, and acquiring an optical image; a reference image generation circuitry generating a reference image corresponding to the optical image; a comparison circuitry comparing the optical image and the reference image; a shift amount determination circuitry determining a shift amount between the optical image and the reference image, and generating an evaluation value; and an offset value calculation circuitry determining usage of the shift amount, and calculating an offset value for adjusting an acquisition position of the optical image. In a case where the offset value is calculated, the optical image acquisition circuitry acquires the optical image based on the offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaya Takeda, Eiji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10955817
    Abstract: A numerical controller controlling punching performs punching according to a machining program, detects a phenomenon that the punching is not normally completed, collects and stores information required for re-execution of a block in which the phenomenon is generated, and restores a machining state at the time of occurrence of the phenomenon and further re-executes the punching by using the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20200250467
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an optical image acquisition circuitry virtually dividing a sample into strip-shaped stripes, and acquiring an optical image; a reference image generation circuitry generating a reference image corresponding to the optical image; a comparison circuitry comparing the optical image and the reference image; a shift amount determination circuitry determining a shift amount between the optical image and the reference image, and generating an evaluation value; and an offset value calculation circuitry determining usage of the shift amount, and calculating an offset value for adjusting an acquisition position of the optical image. In a case where the offset value is calculated, the optical image acquisition circuitry acquires the optical image based on the offset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaya TAKEDA, Eiji MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10586323
    Abstract: To include generating a reference image based on a comparison between design data of a mask having patterns and an optical image of the mask in a first region of the mask designated in advance, and confirming whether the generated reference image has effectiveness, the generating and the confirming being performed by a reference circuit, in which the confirmation on whether the reference image has effectiveness includes adding, as a confirmation region in which whether the reference image has effectiveness is to be confirmed, a second region of the mask in addition to the first region set in advance as the confirmation region, the adding being performed by an addition circuit, and confirming whether the reference image has effectiveness in the confirmation region including the first region and the second region, the confirming being performed by the reference circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NUFLARE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eiji Matsumoto, Manabu Isobe
  • Patent number: 10582438
    Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a processor, a memory and a communication circuit. The processor is configured to set a waiting period in which a packet from a terminal device to which a connection has not been established is awaited. The memory is configured to store data that is processed by a terminal device to which a connection is established. The communication circuit is configured to, upon receiving a first packet from a communication terminal device in the waiting period, transmit to the communication terminal device a second packet containing the data and information used by the communication terminal device for establishing a connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kikuzuki, Ichirou Ida, Kazumi Kasai, Teruhisa Ninomiya, Eiji Matsumoto, Iwamasa Yuki, Toshihiro Kunitake, Hiroki Akano
  • Publication number: 20200026259
    Abstract: A numerical controller controlling punching performs punching according to a machining program, detects a phenomenon that the punching is not normally completed, collects and stores information required for re-execution of a block in which the phenomenon is generated, and restores a machining state at the time of occurrence of the phenomenon and further re-executes the punching by using the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10379518
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a first control axis configured to operate in shorter period than reference control period based on first input command input by a first external input device, wherein a movement command data calculation processing unit is configured to calculate a plurality of the movement command data commanding movement amount of axis to be moved by the first control axis during the reference control period and write the plurality of the movement command data in a first buffer in process of calculating the movement command data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Matsumoto, Keiichiro Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10297430
    Abstract: Method of producing a target having a small average crystal grain size of gold or platinum and having a uniform crystal grain size in an in-plane direction of a target surface and a thickness direction of the target in order to further stabilize film deposition characteristics during sputtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FURUYA METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Maruko, Yu Suzuki, Shoji Saito, Amiko Ito, Yusuke Takaishi, Nobuo Kikuchi, Daishi Kaneko, Eiji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10065825
    Abstract: An objective of the present disclosure is to prevent paper sheets from being folded or damaged when the paper sheets are stacked. A paper sheet stacking mechanism (banknote stacking mechanism 50) includes stacking wheels 52, rotary rollers 54, a transport mechanism 70 configured to insert a paper sheet between vanes 52b of the stacking wheels, and a guide (center guide 55) having a guide surface 551 configured to guide the paper sheet. The guide surface has a curved shape having a diameter about a rotary shaft, and the diameter gradually increases from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a rotation direction of the stacking wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Eiji Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180101941
    Abstract: To include generating a reference image based on a comparison between design data of a mask having patterns and an optical image of the mask in a first region of the mask designated in advance, and confirming whether the generated reference image has effectiveness, the generating and the confirming being performed by a reference circuit, in which the confirmation on whether the reference image has effectiveness includes adding, as a confirmation region in which whether the reference image has effectiveness is to be confirmed, a second region of the mask in addition to the first region set in advance as the confirmation region, the adding being performed by an addition circuit, and confirming whether the reference image has effectiveness in the confirmation region including the first region and the second region, the confirming being performed by the reference circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: NUFLARE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eiji MATSUMOTO, Manabu ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20170267482
    Abstract: An objective of the present disclosure is to prevent paper sheets from being folded or damaged when the paper sheets are stacked. A paper sheet stacking mechanism (banknote stacking mechanism 50) includes stacking wheels 52, rotary rollers 54, a transport mechanism 70 configured to insert a paper sheet between vanes 52b of the stacking wheels, and a guide (center guide 55) having a guide surface 551 configured to guide the paper sheet. The guide surface has a curved shape having a diameter about a rotary shaft, and the diameter gradually increases from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a rotation direction of the stacking wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Eiji MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9706459
    Abstract: A base station apparatus acquires, when a handover from a first device in a base station apparatus to a second device in the base station apparatus occurs, handover source information related to data received by the first device after the handover. The base station apparatus calculates a time taken to transfer the data from the first device to the second device based on the acquired handover source information. The base station apparatus transfers the data during the calculated time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kimihisa Akazawa, Eiji Matsumoto, Shinya Tokuyasu
  • Publication number: 20170156100
    Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a processor, a memory and a communication circuit. The processor is configured to set a waiting period in which a packet from a terminal device to which a connection has not been established is awaited. The memory is configured to store data that is processed by a terminal device to which a connection is established. The communication circuit is configured to, upon receiving a first packet from a communication terminal device in the waiting period, transmit to the communication terminal device a second packet containing the data and information used by the communication terminal device for establishing a connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: FUJllTSU LIM ITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kikuzuki, lchirou Ida, Kazumi Kasai, Teruhisa Ninomiya, Eiji Matsumoto, lwamasa Yuki, Toshihiro Kunitake, Hiroki Akano
  • Patent number: 9560488
    Abstract: A BAN system includes multiple terminal apparatuses connected by wireless communication, where a terminal apparatus of the multiple terminal apparatuses is configured to identify in which direction acceleration has changed, the direction being identified based on a measurement result of a sensor of the terminal apparatus, the sensor being configured to measure acceleration; and to refer to information that specifies corresponding to places where the plurality of terminal apparatuses is to be attached to a body, directions in which acceleration changes when the body performs a given behavior, and determines based on the identified direction, a place where the terminal apparatus is attached to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kunitake, Hiroki Akano, Yuki Iwamasa, Eiji Matsumoto, Ichirou Ida, Tatsuya Kikuzuki, Kazumi Kasai, Teruhisa Ninomiya