Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Imagawa

Hiroaki Imagawa 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: 20240013670
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) includes a generation unit (32) and an estimation unit (33). The generation unit (32) generates pieces of divided data by dividing pieces of time series data related to a predetermined analysis target for each predetermined period. The estimation unit (33) estimates relation between pieces of data included in the divided data generated by the generation unit (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HORI, Ko KOBAYASHI, Takashi ISOZAKI, Seigo TANIGUCHI, Hiroaki IMAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9942451
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes a chassis, in which a recess is formed; the recess including at least one pair of inner wall surfaces which face each other; an imaging unit positioned in the recess; an intermediate frame which is interposed between the recess and the imaging unit, the intermediate frame including a pair of support walls which correspond to the pair of inner wall surfaces of the recess; a first cushioning member which is interposed between one of the pair of support walls of the intermediate frame and an adjacent outer wall surface of the imaging unit; and a second cushioning member which is interposed between the other of the pair of support walls of the intermediate frame and an adjacent inner wall surface of the pair of inner wall surfaces of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Endo, Hiroaki Imagawa
  • Publication number: 20170251132
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes a chassis, in which a recess is formed; the recess including at least one pair of inner wall surfaces which face each other; an imaging unit positioned in the recess; an intermediate frame which is interposed between the recess and the imaging unit, the intermediate frame including a pair of support walls which correspond to the pair of inner wall surfaces of the recess; a first cushioning member which is interposed between one of the pair of support walls of the intermediate frame and an adjacent outer wall surface of the imaging unit; and a second cushioning member which is interposed between the other of the pair of support walls of the intermediate frame and an adjacent inner wall surface of the pair of inner wall surfaces of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken ENDO, Hiroaki IMAGAWA
  • Patent number: 8514287
    Abstract: An imaging module is provided with an image pickup device unit having an image pickup device; an optical unit to form a subject image on the image pickup device; and an image stabilization mechanism having a first drive unit to move an image stabilization object element that is at least one of the image pickup device and the optical unit in a first direction that is parallel with an imaging area of the image pickup device, and a second drive unit to move the image stabilization object element in a second direction that is parallel with the imaging area and intersects with the first direction, wherein the imaging module has a rectangular shape on a plane that is parallel with the imaging area, and the first drive unit and the second drive unit are respectively arranged around the optical unit and at two neighboring sides of the imaging module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Imagawa
  • Publication number: 20120063007
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes : a first zoom lens; a second zoom lens; a first zoom lens supporting barrel that supports the first zoom lens; a second zoom lens supporting barrel that supports the second zoom lens; a moving member that moves the first zoom lens supporting barrel and the second zoom lens supporting barrel in an optical axis direction of the first and second zoom lens supporting barrels; a first projected section that is provided in one of the first zoom lens supporting barrel and the moving member to cross the optical axis direction and engages with a first groove section provided in the other; and a second projected section that is provided in one of the second zoom lens supporting barrel and the moving member to cross the optical axis direction and engages with a second groove section provided in the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki IMAGAWA, Mitsuhiko OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20110228111
    Abstract: An imaging module is provided with an image pickup device unit having an image pickup device; an optical unit to form a subject image on the image pickup device; and an image stabilization mechanism having a first drive unit to move an image stabilization object element that is at least one of the image pickup device and the optical unit in a first direction that is parallel with an imaging area of the image pickup device, and a second drive unit to move the image stabilization object element in a second direction that is parallel with the imaging area and intersects with the first direction, wherein the imaging module has a rectangular shape on a plane that is parallel with the imaging area, and the first drive unit and the second drive unit are respectively arranged around the optical unit and at two neighboring sides of the imaging module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki IMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20110221915
    Abstract: An image stabilization mechanism is provided with a base unit, a movable unit on which an image pickup device is arranged and which is movable with reference to the base unit, a guide axis to guide the movable unit in a first direction that is an axis direction parallel with an imaging area of the image pickup device, a first drive unit to move the movable unit along the guide axis in the first direction, and a second drive unit to move the guide axis along the base unit in a second direction that is parallel with the imaging area and that intersects with the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisanori TAKANO, Hiroaki Imagawa
  • Patent number: 7511900
    Abstract: A lens barrel of the present invention is of a retractable type. After one frame is retreated from a photographing optical path, another frame moves in an optical axis direction to a position where the one frame has been disposed. The one frame is, for example, a lens frame, and the other frame is, for example, a shutter frame. The present invention can be understood as the invention of a method of switching the lens barrel to a stored state (a retracted state).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Imagawa, Keita Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080043348
    Abstract: A lens barrel of the present invention is of a retractable type. After one frame is retreated from a photographing optical path, another frame moves in an optical axis direction to a position where the one frame has been disposed. The one frame is, for example, a lens frame, and the other frame is, for example, a shutter frame. The present invention can be understood as the invention of a method of switching the lens barrel to a stored state (a retracted state).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroaki Imagawa, Keita Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7131478
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a component carrier in the form of a tape is provided. The component carrier has a number of cavities formed on one surface thereof for containing components. A pair of spaced first and second guide plates that function to guide one surface of the component carrier. A movable guide plate is disposed between the first and second guide plates so that it can move back and forth between a first position adjacent to the first guide plate for defining a component pickup station and a second position adjacent to the second guide plate. The movable guide plate has an extension which extends along at least one longitudinal edge of the component carrier and opposes the one surface of the component carrier for preventing movement thereof when the movable guide plate takes the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Endo, Takashi Andoh, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Yuuji Nagasawa, Hironori Konno, Hiroaki Imagawa, Wataru Hirai
  • Publication number: 20060053624
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for mounting components having a feature of detecting with high accuracy component pick up failure by the nozzle at component pick up stage, and/or component carrying back by the nozzle at component mounting stage. Achieved vacuum pressure is initialized to zero after completion of component pick up by the nozzle 25, and vacuum pressure decrease of the nozzle 25 is detected from the initialized zero point. If the detected value is bigger than the predetermined threshold, it may be judged that at least one of the nozzles failed to pick up a component. The failed nozzle may be identified by using a component recognition device 37. Blowing air blow volume flowing through the nozzle 25 is measured upon completion of component mounting. If the blowing air flow is smaller that the predetermined threshold, it is judged that the nozzle 25 carries back a component 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Takashi Maeda, Osamu Okuda, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Takashi Yazawa, Hiroaki Imagawa, Yosuke Nagasawa, Wataru Hirai, Makoto Nakashima, Naoto Kouketsu
  • Patent number: 6910514
    Abstract: An apparatus 101 for supplying a component carrier in the form of a tape is provided. The component carrier 102 has a number of cavities 116 formed on one surface thereof for containing components 115. A pair of spaced first and second guide plates 106 and 107 guide one surface of the component carrier. A movable guide plate 109 is disposed between the first and second guide plates so that it can move back and forth between a first position adjacent to the first guide plate for defining a component pickup station 111 and a second position adjacent to said second guide plate. The movable guide plate has an extension 112 which extends along at least one longitudinal edge of the component carrier and opposes to said one surface of said component carrier for preventing movement thereof when the movable guide plate takes the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Endo, Takashi Andoh, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Yuuji Nagasawa, Hironori Konno, Hiroaki Imagawa, Wataru Hirai
  • Publication number: 20050121140
    Abstract: An apparatus 101 for supplying a component carrier in the form of a tape is provided. The component carrier 102 has a number of cavities 116 formed on one surface thereof for containing components 115. A pair of spaced first and second guide plates 106 and 107 guide one surface of the component carrier. A movable guide plate 109 is disposed between the first and second guide plates so that it can move back and forth between a first position adjacent to the first guide plate for defining a component pickup station 111 and a second position adjacent to said second guide plate. The movable guide plate has an extension 112 which extends along at least one longitudinal edge of the component carrier and opposes to said one surface of said component carrier for preventing movement thereof when the movable guide plate takes the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Shinichiro Endo, Takashi Andoh, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Yuuji Nagasawa, Hironori Konno, Hiroaki Imagawa, Wataru Hirai
  • Publication number: 20030179553
    Abstract: An apparatus 101 for supplying a component carrier in the form of a tape is provided. The component carrier 102 has a number of cavities 116 formed on one surface thereof for containing components 115. A pair of spaced first and second guide plates 106 and 107 guide one surface of the component carrier. A movable guide plate 109 is disposed between the first and second guide plates so that it can move back and forth between a first position adjacent to the first guide plate for defining a component pickup station 111 and a second position adjacent to said second guide plate. The movable guide plate has an extension 112 which extends along at least one longitudinal edge of the component carrier and opposes to said one surface of said component carrier for preventing movement thereof when the movable guide plate takes the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Shinichiro Endo, Takashi Andoh, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Yuuji Nagasawa, Hironori Konno, Hiroaki Imagawa, Wataru Hirai