Patents by Inventor Hideaki Shimizu

Hideaki Shimizu 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: 20240127479
    Abstract: A camera parameter estimating device includes an obtaining unit which obtains time series frames including a plurality of subject images existing in a common field of vision shared by multiple cameras for each of the cameras, a point estimating unit which estimates the coordinates of a joint point determined in the subject image in the time-series frame for each of the subject images, a motion trajectory estimating unit which estimates the trajectory of the joint point between the time-series frames for each of the cameras, an inter-camera correspondence estimating unit which estimates a group of the trajectories between the frames obtained respectively from a pair of the cameras, and a parameter estimating unit which estimates a camera parameter for each of the cameras according to the group of trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya SHIMIZU, Hideaki KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20220355197
    Abstract: A timer period is set on the basis of a user input, and counting processing of counting a time is executed during the timer period. During the timer period, game processing including control of a virtual object is executed. A count image indicating a state of the counting and a game image by the game processing are outputted to a display unit. Here, during the game processing, the control of the virtual object is switched between manual control based on a user input and automatic control that is not based on the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMIZU, Tomoaki YOSHINOBU
  • Publication number: 20220185677
    Abstract: Hafnium carbide powder for plasma electrodes is represented by a chemical formula HfCx (where x=0.5 to 1.0). The content of carbon particles contained as impurities in the hafnium carbide powder is less than or equal to 0.03% by mass. The hafnium carbide powder preferably has an average particle size of 0.5 to 2 ?m. To produce the hafnium carbide powder, a pellet made from mixed powder of hafnium oxide and carbon is first placed in a second crucible made of silicon carbide. Then, the hafnium carbide powder is formed by heating the second crucible at 1800 to 2000° C. with the second crucible arranged in a first crucible made of carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Ihara, Yoshimi Sano, Hirohumi Yoshimoto, Hideaki Shimizu, Hideaki Hashimoto, Akihiro Takeuchi, Kiyofumi Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 11272152
    Abstract: The orientation and/or position estimation system includes: a movable operating unit configured to be held by a user and having an image capturing section; and a stereoscopic image providing unit including a display portion configured to display a stereoscopic image, a contact portion configured to come into contact with a part of a face of a user who is viewing the stereoscopic image, and a detection subject portion configured to be captured by the image capturing section. A detection subject portion image in the image captured by the image capturing section is detected and the position and the orientation of the movable image capturing unit are estimated on the basis of the detection subject portion image. On the basis of a result of the estimation, the stereoscopic image is generated and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro Goto, Hideaki Shimizu, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Kenji Iwata
  • Publication number: 20210222017
    Abstract: A glittering writing/drawing material composition includes a solvent, a lustrous particle having metallic luster and dispersed in the solvent, and at least one dye dissolved in the solvent. A hue difference between a first hue and a second hue is 108° or less in a hue circle in a Munsell color system, where the first hue is measured on the lustrous particle in a solid state with a spectrocolorimeter, and the second hue is measured on a liquid composition obtained by removing the lustrous particle from the glittering writing/drawing material composition and applied on a white wood-free paper with the spectrocolorimeter. The lustrous particle has a coverage of 1.0% or more and 70.0% or less on a surface layer of a drawing object formed by the glittering writing/drawing material composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Aya OTSUBO, Katsunori YOSHIKAWA, Hideaki SHIMIZU, Hirokatsu HATSUYA, Yoshinori FURUYA
  • Patent number: 10686737
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU) that: transmits and receives a message via a network; manages the message received; discriminates reply necessity to the message being managed; discriminates a message type according to a content of the message discriminated as a message that requires a reply; and calculates an estimated time required by a recipient of the message to reply to the message according to the message type discriminated. The information processing apparatus further includes a user interface that displays the estimated time before displaying the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hideaki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10637525
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless device capable of supporting both of TDD and FDD wireless communications with a simple configuration. The wireless device includes a transmitter that transmits a signal of a first frequency; a DPD receiver that receives signals of the first frequency; a receiver that receives signals of a second frequency; a duplexer having a first filter having passband characteristics in the first frequency band and a second filter having passband characteristics in the second frequency band; and a circulator that splits the signal from the transmitter to output the split signals to the duplexer and the DPD receiver, and outputs a reception signal from the duplexer to the DPD receiver. The duplexer is connected to the circulator on the first filter side and to the receiver on the second filter side, and uses the DPD receiver for FDD and TDD transmission feedback and for TDD reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Terufumi Nagano, Hideaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190393922
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless device capable of supporting both of TDD and FDD wireless communications with a simple configuration. The wireless device includes a transmitter that transmits a signal of a first frequency; a DPD receiver that receives signals of the first frequency; a receiver that receives signals of a second frequency; a duplexer having a first filter having passband characteristics in the first frequency band and a second filter having passband characteristics in the second frequency band; and a circulator that splits the signal from the transmitter to output the split signals to the duplexer and the DPD receiver, and outputs a reception signal from the duplexer to the DPD receiver. The duplexer is connected to the circulator on the first filter side and to the receiver on the second filter side, and uses the DPD receiver for FDD and TDD transmission feedback and for TDD reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: TERUFUMI NAGANO, HIDEAKI SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10498910
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: an input unit that inputs an original data; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet in accordance with the original data; an operation panel that comprises a display unit and an operating unit and that receives an operation for entering a job for forming the image on the recording sheet by using the image forming unit; a display control unit that displays one or more types of window on the display unit of the operation panel; and a conference information obtaining unit that obtains conference information of a conference held in a conference room which is placed near the image forming apparatus, from a predetermined conference management server that manages the conference information of the conference, wherein the display control unit displays the conference information on the display unit from the conference management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Tohru Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Kishimoto, Katsutoshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 10484548
    Abstract: An operation display system having a hardware processor is disclosed. The hardware processor acquires load references serving as a reference of pressing force by which a touch panel receives an operation. The hardware processor compares the acquired load references with each other. The hardware processor controls a degree of a change in pressing force for pressing a touch panel of a second operation display apparatus to be notified when there is a difference as a comparison result of load references of a first operation display apparatus operated by a user most recently and the second operation display apparatus to be subsequently operated among a plurality of operation display apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Yasuaki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20190116350
    Abstract: The orientation and/or position estimation system includes: a movable operating unit configured to be held by a user and having an image capturing section; and a stereoscopic image providing unit including a display portion configured to display a stereoscopic image, a contact portion configured to come into contact with a part of a face of a user who is viewing the stereoscopic image, and a detection subject portion configured to be captured by the image capturing section. A detection subject portion image in the image captured by the image capturing section is detected and the position and the orientation of the movable image capturing unit are estimated on the basis of the detection subject portion image. On the basis of a result of the estimation, the stereoscopic image is generated and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shotaro GOTO, Hideaki SHIMIZU, Hitoshi YAMAZAKI, Kenji IWATA
  • Patent number: 10257373
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a program is stored, wherein the program causes an information processing device to: obtain conference information of a conference; and prepare and display a print instruction window having a function for receiving a selection of a print apparatus used for a printing in a list of one or more print apparatuses by displaying the list and having a function for receiving an instruction for starting the printing, the print instruction window indicating the obtained conference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Tohru Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Kishimoto, Katsutoshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 10133451
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operation display device, including: a display unit; a display control unit configured to display operation buttons; and an operation unit configured to receive an operation to one of the operation buttons, wherein in case that identification information is arranged in the operation button in a first display mode, when the operation button is displayed so as to display whole of the identification information in the display area, the display control unit displays the identification information in the first display mode, and in case that the identification information is arranged in the operation button in the first display mode, when a part of the identification information protrudes from the display area, the display control unit changes a display mode of the identification information to a display mode which is different from the first display mode, and displays the identification information in the operation button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Yasuaki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10120439
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operating device including: an operating unit having a plurality of operation buttons; a gaze detection unit configured to detect a gaze of an operator who operates the operating unit; and a judgment unit configured to judge whether an operation for a predetermined operation button of the operating unit is valid or invalid when the operation is received from the operator, wherein in case that the gaze of the operator is not within a predetermined area relating to the predetermined operation button when the operation for the predetermined operation button is received from the operator, the judgment unit judges that the operation is invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Yasuaki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20180295073
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU) that: transmits and receives a message via a network; manages the message received; discriminates reply necessity to the message being managed; discriminates a message type according to a content of the message discriminated as a message that requires a reply; and calculates an estimated time required by a recipient of the message to reply to the message according to the message type discriminated. The information processing apparatus further includes a user interface that displays the estimated time before displaying the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hideaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170324875
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: an input unit that inputs an original data; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet in accordance with the original data; an operation panel that comprises a display unit and an operating unit and that receives an operation for entering a job for forming the image on the recording sheet by using the image forming unit; a display control unit that displays one or more types of window on the display unit of the operation panel; and a conference information obtaining unit that obtains conference information of a conference held in a conference room which is placed near the image forming apparatus, from a predetermined conference management server that manages the conference information of the conference, wherein the display control unit displays the conference information on the display unit from the conference management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMIZU, Tohru FUJIWARA, Kazuhisa KISHIMOTO, Katsutoshi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20170318167
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a program is stored, wherein the program causes an information processing device to: obtain conference information of a conference; and prepare and display a print instruction window having a function for receiving a selection of a print apparatus used for a printing in a list of one or more print apparatuses by displaying the list and having a function for receiving an instruction for starting the printing, the print instruction window indicating the obtained conference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMIZU, Tohru FUJIWARA, Kazuhisa KISHIMOTO, Katsutoshi SAWADA
  • Patent number: 9561442
    Abstract: An operation target object in a virtual game space as seen from a virtual camera is displayed on a display device. A moving direction of the operation target object in a virtual space in accordance with a direction represented by direction data based on a direction input by the user is determined based on an exactly upward vector representing a direction of a virtual gravity acting on the position of the operation target object in the virtual space and a direction of the normal in the virtual field at the position. The operation target object is moved in the determined moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160349893
    Abstract: An operation display system having a hardware processor is disclosed. The hardware processor acquires load references serving as a reference of pressing force by which a touch panel receives an operation. The hardware processor compares the acquired load references with each other. The hardware processor controls a degree of a change in pressing force for pressing a touch panel of a second operation display apparatus to be notified when there is a difference as a comparison result of load references of a first operation display apparatus operated by a user most recently and the second operation display apparatus to be subsequently operated among a plurality of operation display apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMIZU, Yasuaki SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160196050
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operation display device, including: a display unit; a display control unit configured to display operation buttons; and an operation unit configured to receive an operation to one of the operation buttons, wherein in case that identification information is arranged in the operation button in a first display mode, when the operation button is displayed so as to display whole of the identification information in the display area, the display control unit displays the identification information in the first display mode, and in case that the identification information is arranged in the operation button in the first display mode, when a part of the identification information protrudes from the display area, the display control unit changes a display mode of the identification information to a display mode which is different from the first display mode, and displays the identification information in the operation button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMIZU, Yasuaki SUGIMOTO