Patents by Inventor Hideharu Baba

Hideharu Baba 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).

  • Patent number: 7136103
    Abstract: A digital camera includes a reference value table and a setting change-use table. The reference value table holds a plurality of reference values which respectively corresponds to a plurality of representative colors, and the setting change-use table holds a plurality of target values which respectively corresponds to a plurality of representative colors. Image data of a photographed object is applied to a signal processing circuit, and subjected to a color adjustment based on the reference value held by the reference value table and the target value held by the setting change-use table. An image based on the image data to which the color adjustment is subjected is displayed on a monitor in real-time. When a dial key is operated, the target value of a desired representative color held on the setting change-use table is changed. Therefore, a color tone of a real-time image displayed on the monitor also changes in response to an operation of the dial key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideshi Oeda, Kazuto Yoshii, Mitsuaki Kurokawa, Hideharu Baba
  • Patent number: 7106678
    Abstract: The present invention provides a disk playback device comprising a laser drive circuit 15 for feeding a drive signal to an optical head 4 and adjusting the power of a laser beam irradiated by the optical head 4, an error correcting circuit 11 for detecting an error rate of a reproduced signal, and a system controller 10 for controlling operation of the laser drive circuit for signal reproduction and signal recording based on the output of the error correction circuit 11. The system controller 10 retrieves one limit value of two limit values of a reproduction power wherein the error rate is not beyond a prescribed value, and calculates an optimum reproduction power based on the one limit value retrieved. Accordingly it is possible to move to signal reproduction in a short period of time and to reproduce signals with high accuracy by setting the optimum reproduction power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yano, Kenji Asano, Hideharu Baba
  • Publication number: 20040052186
    Abstract: The present invention provides a disk playback device comprising a laser drive circuit 15 for feeding a drive signal to an optical head 4 and adjusting the power of a laser beam irradiated by the optical head 4, an error correcting circuit 11 for detecting an error rate of a reproduced signal, and a system controller 10 for controlling operation of the laser drive circuit for signal reproduction and signal recording based on the output of the error correction circuit 11. The system controller 10 retrieves one limit value of two limit values of a reproduction power wherein the error rate is not beyond a prescribed value, and calculates an optimum reproduction power based on the one limit value retrieved. Accordingly it is possible to move to signal reproduction in a short period of time and to reproduce signals with high accuracy by setting the optimum reproduction power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Hideaki Yano, Kenji Asano, Hideharu Baba
  • Publication number: 20020167598
    Abstract: A digital camera includes a reference value table and a setting change-use table. The reference value table holds a plurality of reference values which respectively corresponds to a plurality of representative colors, and the setting change-use table holds a plurality of target values which respectively corresponds to a plurality of representative colors. Image data of a photographed object is applied to a signal processing circuit, and subjected to a color adjustment based on the reference value held by the reference value table and the target value held by the setting change-use table. An image based on the image data to which the color adjustment is subjected is displayed on a monitor in real-time. When a dial key is operated, the target value of a desired representative color held on the setting change-use table is changed. Therefore, a color tone of a real-time image displayed on the monitor also changes in response to an operation of the dial key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideshi Oeda, Kazuto Yoshii, Mitsuaki Kurokawa, Hideharu Baba