Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Abe

Hirofumi Abe 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: 12189098
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a subsequent unit. The first lens unit is configured not to move for zooming. A distance between each pair of adjacent lens units changes in zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Kazuki Someya, Kenta Sudo
  • Publication number: 20240397227
    Abstract: Provided are a solid-state imaging device, a method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that are capable of achieving maximized photo-responsiveness, ensuring low optical SNR in addition to reproducibility, and further reducing the pixel size, thereby efficiently improving performance factors such as the dynamic range, responsiveness, and resolution. Large-sized microlenses ML are allocated to color filters having high transparency (W), and small-sized microlenses ML are allocated to color filters having low transparency (B, R). The microlenses ML are non-uniform. The color filters underlying the large-sized microlenses ML need to be made from a highly transparent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuya MORI, Ken MIYAUCHI, Hirofumi ABE, Heng Yin CHEN, HT CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240397233
    Abstract: A pixel is formed by a photoelectric conversion film that converts light into a photogenerated current and a semiconductor pixel circuit. The photoelectric conversion film and the semiconductor pixel circuit are stacked and electrically coupled within the pixel. The photoelectric conversion film has an infrared NIR sensitivity. The semiconductor pixel circuit includes a pixel analog circuit that detects the photoelectric conversion current, a sample-and-hold circuit, an ADC, in-pixel logic, digital memory and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Isao TAKAYANAGI, Rimon IKENO, Toshihiko ISOZAKI, Masato NAGAMATSU, Kazuya MORI, Hirofumi ABE, Masayuki UNO
  • Patent number: 11976933
    Abstract: A link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combination of link candidates from among link candidates having an angle with respect to a movement direction of a pedestrian equal to or smaller than a threshold value among link candidates for n walking route networks. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that do not intersect with each other among the acquired combinations of link candidates. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that do not connect to each other among the acquired combinations of link candidates. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that are not on the same straight line among the acquired combinations of link candidates. A candidate determination unit (26) acquires a combination of link candidates closest to position information of a pedestrian when there are a plurality of acquired link candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Keihiro Ochiai, Hitoshi Seshimo
  • Publication number: 20240003703
    Abstract: A server (20) as an information presentation device according to the present disclosure includes a route search unit (23) that searches for the moving route, and a route information forming unit (24) as an information presentation unit that, in a case where the searched moving route includes a plurality of partial routes having different moving means, adds congestion information regarding a congestion status of the moving route as a whole according to a congestion degree of each of the plurality of partial routes to the moving route and presents the congestion information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuaki ITO, Yusuke ICHIKAWA, Sayaka TERANAKA, Shunsuke KONAGAI, Hirofumi ABE
  • Patent number: 11689301
    Abstract: Time and effort to generate an electric field map to realize high-accuracy positioning is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Keihiro Ochiai, Hitoshi Seshimo
  • Patent number: 11527010
    Abstract: A position where a user is located can be estimated easily and quickly. When a hold detection unit 122 detects that the user holds a mobile terminal 100 by hand to use the mobile terminal 100 that is held by at least one hand of the user when used by the user and has a camera 130 on the surface facing the ceiling when used by the user, the estimation unit 240 estimates a position where a ceiling is located as the position where the user is located by using an image of the ceiling captured by the camera 130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Konagai, Hitoshi Seshimo, Hirofumi Abe, Yuki Kurauchi
  • Publication number: 20220260383
    Abstract: A link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combination of link candidates from among link candidates having an angle with respect to a movement direction of a pedestrian equal to or smaller than a threshold value among link candidates for n walking route networks. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that do not intersect with each other among the acquired combinations of link candidates. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that do not connect to each other among the acquired combinations of link candidates. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that are not on the same straight line among the acquired combinations of link candidates. A candidate determination unit (26) acquires a combination of link candidates closest to position information of a pedestrian when there are a plurality of acquired link candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ABE, Keihiro OCHIAI, Hitoshi SESHIMO
  • Publication number: 20220244496
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a subsequent unit. The first lens unit is configured not to move for zooming. A distance between each pair of adjacent lens units changes in zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Kazuki Someya, Kenta Sudo
  • Publication number: 20220026219
    Abstract: To accurately determine walking routes with roadways interposed therebetween. An environmental value calculation unit (18) calculates, based on a plurality of satellite signals from a plurality of satellites received by a positioning apparatus held by a pedestrian of object, an environmental value indicating whether a reception environment of a satellite signal of the plurality of satellite signals is good or bad for a left half side and a right half side with reference to a traveling direction of the pedestrian, and a route determination unit (20) compares an environmental value of the left half side calculated by the environmental value calculation unit (18) with an environmental value of the right half side calculated by the environmental value calculation unit (18) to determine a walking route of the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keihiro OCHIAI, Hirofumi ABE, Hitoshi SESHIMO
  • Publication number: 20210242950
    Abstract: Time and effort to generate an electric field map to realize high-accuracy positioning is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ABE, Keihiro OCHIAI, Hitoshi SESHIMO
  • Publication number: 20210225028
    Abstract: A position where a user is located can be estimated easily and quickly. When a hold detection unit 122 detects that the user holds a mobile terminal 100 by hand to use the mobile terminal 100 that is held by at least one hand of the user when used by the user and has a camera 130 on the surface facing the ceiling when used by the user, the estimation unit 240 estimates a position where a ceiling is located as the position where the user is located by using an image of the ceiling captured by the camera 130.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke KONAGAI, Hitoshi SESHIMO, Hirofumi ABE, Yuki KURAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11061203
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from object side, a negative first unit, a positive second unit, a negative third unit, and a positive fourth unit, wherein, for zooming to telephoto end, the second unit moves toward object side, the third unit moves and an interval between each pair of adjacent units is changed, wherein, at telephoto end as compared to wide angle end, the interval between the first and second units is smaller, the interval between the second and third units is larger, the interval between the third and fourth units is larger, and the fourth unit is positioned closer to image side, wherein the third unit consists of a single optical element, wherein the fourth unit includes plural lenses arranged at intervals, and wherein focal lengths of the third and fourth units and the interval between the third and fourth units at telephoto end are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Shinji Yamasaki, Masakazu Kodaira
  • Patent number: 11009677
    Abstract: A zoom lens including, in order from an object side: a first positive lens unit; a second negative lens unit; a third positive lens unit; a fourth negative lens unit; and a fifth positive lens unit, wherein during zooming from a wide angle end, intervals between the adjacent lens units are changed in such a way that the second lens unit is configured to move from the object side to the image side and the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit are configured to move, and a focal length of the third lens unit, a focal length of the fourth lens unit, a movement amount of the second lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and a movement amount of the third lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirofumi Abe
  • Patent number: 10983336
    Abstract: A dome cover for covering a camera, the dome cover includes a spherical part and an aspherical part. The spherical part and the aspherical part have a boundary, where the spherical part and the aspherical part are adjacent to each other, on each of a front surface and a back surface of the dome cover. The aspherical part has a shape symmetrical with respect to a rotation around a rotation axis including a center of a sphere of the spherical part. On a section including the rotation axis, a distance from the rotation axis to the aspherical part increases as a position of the aspherical part becomes more distant from the boundary, an angle formed between the rotation axis and a line segment connecting the center of the sphere and the boundary on the front surface is less than 90°. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Kenta Sudo
  • Patent number: 10908400
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit does not move and the second lens unit and the third lens unit move in mutually different loci during zooming. Conditional expressions are satisfied as follows: 0.05<|f2/m2|<0.59, and 0.20<|f3/m3|<1.95, where f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit, m2 is a moving amount of the second lens unit during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and m3 is a moving amount of the third lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenta Sudo, Hirofumi Abe, Yu Inomoto
  • Publication number: 20200271924
    Abstract: A dome cover for covering a camera, the dome cover includes a spherical part and an aspherical part. The spherical part and the aspherical part have a boundary, where the spherical part and the aspherical part are adjacent to each other, on each of a front surface and a back surface of the dome cover. The aspherical part has a shape symmetrical with respect to a rotation around a rotation axis including a center of a sphere of the spherical part. On a section including the rotation axis, a distance from the rotation axis to the aspherical part increases as a position of the aspherical part becomes more distant from the boundary, an angle formed between the rotation axis and a line segment connecting the center of the sphere and the boundary on the front surface is less than 90°. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Kenta Sudo
  • Publication number: 20190227263
    Abstract: A zoom lens including, in order from an object side: a first positive lens unit; a second negative lens unit; a third positive lens unit; a fourth negative lens unit; and a fifth positive lens unit, wherein during zooming from a wide angle end, intervals between the adjacent lens units are changed in such a way that the second lens unit is configured to move from the object side to the image side and the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit are configured to move, and a focal length of the third lens unit, a focal length of the fourth lens unit, a movement amount of the second lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and a movement amount of the third lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end are appropriately set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Hirofumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20190212525
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from object side, a negative first unit, a positive second unit, a negative third unit, and a positive fourth unit, wherein, for zooming to telephoto end, the second unit moves toward object side, the third unit moves and an interval between each pair of adjacent units is changed, wherein, at telephoto end as compared to wide angle end, the interval between the first and second units is smaller, the interval between the second and third units is larger, the interval between the third and fourth units is larger, and the fourth unit is positioned closer to image side, wherein the third unit consists of a single optical element, wherein the fourth unit includes plural lenses arranged at intervals, and wherein focal lengths of the third and fourth units and the interval between the third and fourth units at telephoto end are appropriately set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Shinji Yamasaki, Masakazu Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20180164557
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit does not move and the second lens unit and the third lens unit move in mutually different loci during zooming. Conditional expressions are satisfied as follows: 0.05<|f2/m2|<0.59, and 0.20<|f3/m3|<1.95, where f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit, m2 is a moving amount of the second lens unit during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and m3 is a moving amount of the third lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kenta Sudo, Hirofumi Abe, Yu Inomoto