Patents by Inventor Hajime Yano
Hajime Yano 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: 11915430Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a display unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire captured time-series images. The setting unit is configured to set a direction of measuring a flow quantity of targets in the time-series images. The display unit is configured to display information representing the flow quantity of the targets that is estimated based on a plurality of images acquired from the time-series images and the direction of measuring the flow quantity, together with information indicating the direction of measuring the flow quantity.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kotaro Yano, Hajime Muta, Yasuo Bamba
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Patent number: 11492149Abstract: A multi-layer insulation includes a plurality of layers that are laminated on each other. A detection layer that is at least one of the plurality of layers has a piezoelectric film, and a pair of electrode parts installed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric film.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventors: Takayuki Hirai, Hajime Yano
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Publication number: 20190193874Abstract: A multi-layer insulation includes a plurality of layers that are laminated on each other. A detection layer that is at least one of the plurality of layers has a piezoelectric film, and a pair of electrode parts installed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Takayuki HIRAI, Hajime YANO
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Patent number: 8505052Abstract: A broadcasting system 1 provides a digital content to be broadcast with an attribute vector A thereof. A filter 12 is assigned with a selection vector S indicating user's taste. The filter 12 performs a standardized inner product operation between the selection vector S and the attribute vector A for selecting and recording broadcast programs.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tadao Yoshida, Keiji Kanota, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi, Junichi Yokota, Toyomi Fujino
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Patent number: 8151302Abstract: The broadcast station 1 provides the digital contents to be put on the air with the attributive information of the digital contents thereof. The selective information showing the user's taste is set out in the filter unit 12. The filter unit 12 filters the attributive information on the basis of the selective information to select the digital contents which suits the user's taste among the digital contents which were put on the air. According to the broadcast station 1, the user may listen and view the selected digital contents after recording the digital contents in the recording medium, or the user may listen and view the digital contents which suits the user's taste among the digital contents which were put on the air.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tadao Yoshida, Keiji Kanota, Junichi Yokota, Toyomi Fujino, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi
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Publication number: 20110142171Abstract: A broadcasting system 1 provides a digital content to be broadcast with an attribute vector A thereof. A filter 12 is assigned with a selection vector S indicating user's taste. The filter 12 performs a standardized inner product operation between the selection vector S and the attribute vector A for selecting and recording broadcast programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Tadao YOSHIDA, Keiji Kanota, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi, Junichi Yokota, Toyomi Fujino
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Patent number: 7908619Abstract: A broadcasting system 1 provides a digital content to be broadcast with an attribute vector A thereof. A filter 12 is assigned with a selection vector S indicating user's taste. The filter 12 performs a standardized inner product operation between the selection vector S and the attribute vector A for selecting and recording broadcast programs. A=(a1, a2, a3, . . . , an) S=(s1, s2, s3, . . .Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tadao Yoshida, Keiji Kanota, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi, Junichi Yokota, Toyomi Fujino
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Patent number: 7523036Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a text-to-speech synthesis apparatus, including a storage for storing phoneme data of a plurality of speakers; a selector for selecting one of the plurality of speakers in accordance with an operation performed by a user; a searcher for searching the storage for phoneme data of the speaker selected by the selector; a text-to-speech synthesis processor for linking the phoneme data of the speaker retrieved by the searcher to convert input data into a synthetic speech; and a fee-charge controller for controlling a fee-charge operation for the user in accordance with the phoneme data selected by the selector. Consequently, the user can perform text-to-speech synthesis on the desired input data such as drama data by use of the obtained phoneme data.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Makoto Akabane, Hajime Yano, Keiichi Yamada, Goro Shiraishi, Junichi Kudo, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 7349848Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a storage unit, a receiving unit and a searching unit, all acting on speaker voice data. A communication system includes an accumulating unit, a requesting unit, a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, all acting on synthetic speech data.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Makoto Akabane, Hajime Yano, Keiichi Yamada, Goro Shiraishi, Junichi Kudo, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20060253286Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a text-to-speech synthesis apparatus, including a storage for storing phoneme data of a plurality of speakers; a selector for selecting one of the plurality of speakers in accordance with an operation performed by a user; a searcher for searching the storage for phoneme data of the speaker selected by the selector; a text-to-speech synthesis processor for linking the phoneme data of the speaker retrieved by the searcher to convert input data into a synthetic speech; and a fee-charge controller for controlling a fee-charge operation for the user in accordance with the phoneme data selected by the selector. Consequently, the user can perform text-to-speech synthesis on the desired input data such as drama data by use of the obtained phoneme data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2006Publication date: November 9, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Makoto Akabane, Hajime Yano, Keiichi Yamada, Goro Shiraishi, Junichi Kudo, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 7099826Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a text-to-speech synthesis apparatus, including a storage for storing phoneme data of a plurality of speakers; a selector for selecting one of the plurality of speakers in accordance with an operation performed by a user; a searcher for searching the storage for phoneme data of the speaker selected by the selector; a text-to-speech synthesis processor for linking the phoneme data of the speaker retrieved by the searcher to convert input data into a synthetic speech; and a fee-charge controller for controlling a fee-charge operation for the user in accordance with the phoneme data selected by the selector. Consequently, the user can perform text-to-speech synthesis on the desired input data such as drama data by use of the obtained phoneme data.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Makoto Akabane, Hajime Yano, Keiichi Yamada, Goro Shiraishi, Junichi Kudo, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20060161437Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a text-to-speech synthesis apparatus, including a storage for storing phoneme data of a plurality of speakers; a selector for selecting one of the plurality of speakers in accordance with an operation performed by a user; a searcher for searching the storage for phoneme data of the speaker selected by the selector; a text-to-speech synthesis processor for linking the phoneme data of the speaker retrieved by the searcher to convert input data into a synthetic speech; and a fee-charge controller for controlling a fee-charge operation for the user in accordance with the phoneme data selected by the selector. Consequently, the user can perform text-to-speech synthesis on the desired input data such as drama data by use of the obtained phoneme data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Makoto Akabane, Hajime Yano, Keiichi Yamada, Goro Shiraishi, Junichi Kudo, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 6920278Abstract: A recording/reproduction apparatus and a recording/reproduction method are adapted to information on the recording area of a recording medium without intervention of the operator if the recording medium is short of capacity necessary for recording the information to be recorded. If information not recorded on a magnetic tape is supplied to DTR 9 and central control section 2 determines that the magnetic tape does not have a recording capacity sufficient for recording the information, the central control section 2 causes the DTR 9 to record said information not recorded on the magnetic tape in the storage area of the magnetic tape storing one or more than one pieces of information with the oldest time and date of recording.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2000Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi, Toyomi Fujino
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Patent number: 6757130Abstract: There is provided a recording medium exchanging-type recording and reproducing apparatus in which its small-sized forming can be realized, either reproducing or recording operation can be carried out within a short period of time, and it is advantageous in view of light weight forming or cost. The first and second magazines for storing the tape cartridge in such a way that the tape cartridge can be inserted into or taken out are spaced apart in a lateral direction in the casing so as to cause their longitudinal directions to become in parallel to each other, and there is provided a transferring space extending along a longitudinal direction of these first and second magazines. The moving mechanism holds the tape cartridge and moves up and down in the transferring space. The delivering mechanism delivers the tape cartridge between the first and second magazines and the moving mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2001Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tadao Yoshida, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi, Toyomi Fujino, Keiji Kanota
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Publication number: 20030023442Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a text-to-speech synthesis apparatus, including a storage for storing phoneme data of a plurality of speakers; a selector for selecting one of the plurality of speakers in accordance with an operation performed by a user; a searcher for searching the storage for phoneme data of the speaker selected by the selector; a text-to-speech synthesis processor for linking the phoneme data of the speaker retrieved by the searcher to convert input data into a synthetic speech; and a fee-charge controller for controlling a fee-charge operation for the user in accordance with the phoneme data selected by the selector. Consequently, the user can perform text-to-speech synthesis on the desired input data such as drama data by use of the obtained phoneme data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Makoto Akabane, Hajime Yano, Keiichi Yamada, Goro Shiraishi, Junichi Kudo, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20020131197Abstract: There is provided a recording medium exchanging-type recording and reproducing apparatus in which its small-sized forming can be realized, either reproducing or recording operation can be carried out within a short period of time, and it is advantageous in view of light weight forming or cost. The first and second magazines for storing the tape cartridge in such a way that the tape cartridge can be inserted into or taken out are spaced apart in a lateral direction in the casing so as to cause their longitudinal directions to become in parallel to each other, and there is provided a transferring space extending along a longitudinal direction of these first and second magazines. The moving mechanism holds the tape cartridge and moves up and down in the transferring space. The delivering mechanism delivers the tape cartridge between the first and second magazines and the moving mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2001Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: Tadao Yoshida, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi, Toyomi Fujino, Keiji Kanota
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Publication number: 20010049822Abstract: A broadcasting system 1 provides a digital content to be broadcast with an attribute vector A thereof. A filter 12 is assigned with a selection vector S indicating user's taste. The filter 12 performs a standardized inner product operation between the selection vector S and the attribute vector A for selecting and recording broadcast programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2000Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventors: Tadao Yoshida, Keiji Kanota, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi, Junichi Yokota, Toyomi Fujino
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Publication number: 20010005900Abstract: The broadcast station 1 provides the digital contents to be put on the air with the attributive information of the digital contents thereof. The selective information showing the user's taste is set out in the filter unit 12. The filter unit 12 filters the attributive information on the basis of the selective information to select the digital contents which suits the user's taste among the digital contents which were put on the air. According to the broadcast station 1, the user may listen and view the selected digital contents after recording the digital contents in the recording medium, or the user may listen and view the digital contents which suits the user's taste among the digital contents which were put on the air.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2000Publication date: June 28, 2001Inventors: Tadao Yoshida, Keiji Kanota, Junichi Yokota, Toyomi Fujino, Hajime Yano, Hiroaki Oishi
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Patent number: 6246639Abstract: A magneto-optical disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus for writing in and/or reading out an information signal from a rewritable magneto-optical disc is provided. In particular, a lifting mechanism for lifting a supporting arm that supports the magnetic head is provided where a lifting member is interposed between an arm member supporting a magnetic head and a magneto-optical disc. The lifting member is supported by a chassis in a manner in which it is rotatable in a direction in which it allows the magnetic head to come into contact with or near to a magneto-optical disc surface and in an opposite direction away from the magneto-optical disc.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1992Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hajime Yano
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Patent number: 5745068Abstract: A remote controller that has preset therein control signals of various formats/code systems in correspondence with different kinds of electronic equipment and of different manufacturers detects the control signal from another remote controller typically used with the electronic equipment, compares it with the preset data, selects a predetermined signal from the preset data and stores it in a memory for use in controlling the electronic equipment. Identifier codes may also be stored in the memory to save memory capacity. With only one input operation, all control signals in the same category, such as channel codes for a television, may be learned and stored in the memory in correspondence with the respective keys. Provision is made to determine whether the input control signal is in the form of a toggle code, thereby executing the learn function for control signals that include the toggle code.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1994Date of Patent: April 28, 1998Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Takahashi, Hajime Yano, Iwao Takiguchi