Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Enomoto

Hirofumi Enomoto 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: 11064868
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion that has a tip portion to be inserted into an examination target from a tip side of the tip portion. The endoscope includes a lens unit that is disposed at the tip portion. The endoscope includes an image sensor that is disposed on an opposite side to the tip side of tip portion with respect to the lens unit. The endoscope includes a linear conductor that has a tip disposed at the tip side with respect to the image sensor and has a proximal end which is extended from the tip through inside the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Hirofumi Enomoto, Kouichi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20190038112
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion that has a tip portion to be inserted into an examination target from a tip side of the tip portion. The endoscope includes a lens unit that is disposed at the tip portion. The endoscope includes an image sensor that is disposed on an opposite side to the tip side of tip portion with respect to the lens unit. The endoscope includes a linear conductor that has a tip disposed at the tip side with respect to the image sensor and has a proximal end which is extended from the tip through inside the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro KOBAYASHI, Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Kouichi HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9594290
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is connected to a shutter which opens and closes to limit a capturing area of an image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus includes an information obtaining section, configured to obtain information, an existence determiner, configured to determine whether a person exists or not in a predetermined area in accordance with the information obtained by the information obtaining section, and a shutter control unit, configured to control the shutter to be opened in response that the existence determiner determines that the person does not exist in the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Enomoto, Jyouji Wada, Yasuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9288452
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is provided for controlling an image capturing device and a shutter which limits a capturing area of the image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus includes a capturing area controller, configured to transmit a first control signal to cause the image capturing device to capture an image in an actual capturing area of the image capturing device, and a shutter controller, configured to transmit a second control signal to open the shutter after the first control signal is transmitted. The actual capturing area of the image capturing device is selected from a capturable area of the image capturing device in accordance with first information which is sensed by a sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20150207971
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is connected to a shutter which opens and closes to limit a capturing area of an image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus includes an information obtaining section, configured to obtain information, an existence determiner, configured to determine whether a person exists or not in a predetermined area in accordance with the information obtained by the information obtaining section, and a shutter control unit, configured to control the shutter to be opened in response that the existence determiner determines that the person does not exist in the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Jyouji WADA, Yasuhiro FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20150138364
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is provided for controlling an image capturing device and a shutter which limits a capturing area of the image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus includes a capturing area controller, configured to transmit a first control signal to cause the image capturing device to capture an image in an actual capturing area of the image capturing device, and a shutter controller, configured to transmit a second control signal to open the shutter after the first control signal is transmitted. The actual capturing area of the image capturing device is selected from a capturable area of the image capturing device in accordance with first information which is sensed by a sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi ENOMOTO
  • Patent number: 8899849
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes: a cover that has transparency; a rotatable camera unit that is provided inside the cover; a shade plate portion that includes a shade plate capable of partially shading light incident on the camera unit, wherein a position of the shade plate is rotatable; a control unit that is configured to control rotation of the camera unit and the position of the shade plate; and a memory that stores posture information including an imaging direction of the camera unit and positional information on the shade plate in association with each other. The control unit controls a direction of the camera unit based on the posture information stored in the memory and controls the position of the shade plate based on the positional information on the shade plate stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jyouji Wada, Yoshihito Urashima, Masahito Oka, Yuuya Jikihara, Hirofumi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 8827462
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image display apparatus that inhibits deterioration of image quality caused by an increase in temperature of a laser light source apparatus. The image display apparatus of the present invention has a green color laser light source apparatus, a red color laser light source apparatus, a blue color laser light source apparatus, and a projection mouth in a first case. The first case has a fin on a side surface opposite to a projection mouth of the first case. The fin is provided in an air passage, the fin dissipating heat generated from laser light source apparatuses of each color and transferred via the first case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Enomoto, Kohei Suyama, Yoshihiro Teshima, Nobuo Jikuya
  • Publication number: 20140248045
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes: a cover that has transparency; a rotatable camera unit that is provided inside the cover; a shade plate portion that includes a shade plate capable of partially shading light incident on the camera unit, wherein a position of the shade plate is rotatable; a control unit that is configured to control rotation of the camera unit and the position of the shade plate; and a memory that stores posture information including an imaging direction of the camera unit and positional information on the shade plate in association with each other. The control unit controls a direction of the camera unit based on the posture information stored in the memory and controls the position of the shade plate based on the positional information on the shade plate stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jyouji WADA, Yoshihito URASHIMA, Masahito OKA, Yuuya JIKIHARA, Hirofumi ENOMOTO
  • Patent number: 8382296
    Abstract: An information processor includes a housing, a projector attached to the housing, and a screen attached to the housing, wherein the projector projects light onto the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Itoh, Tetsuro Mizushima, Kenji Nakayama, Tomoya Sugita, Hiroyuki Furuya, Shinichi Kadowaki, Yoshitaka Kitaoka, Kazumi Ohtsubo, Hirofumi Enomoto, Yuichi Hatase
  • Publication number: 20120327379
    Abstract: An image display apparatus including a laser light source apparatus with a semiconductor laser as a light source increases the heat releasing ability of the laser light source apparatus in the image display apparatus. In order to accomplish this, a heat sink is provided to a green color laser light source apparatus, which generates green color light by wavelength conversion from infrared light and, therefore, produces a greater amount of heat than the other laser light source apparatuses. In addition, an air flow blocking cover is mounted on the surface of the holder, covering the temperature sensor, to prevent distribution to the temperature sensor of cooling air from the cooling fan disposed adjacent to the red color laser light source apparatus. It is thus possible to comply with laser safety standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Yoshihiro TESHIMA, Junichi MUTOH
  • Publication number: 20120307212
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image display apparatus that inhibits deterioration of image quality caused by an increase in temperature of a laser light source apparatus. The image display apparatus of the present invention has a green color laser light source apparatus, a red color laser light source apparatus, a blue color laser light source apparatus, and a projection mouth in a first case. The first case has a fin on a side surface opposite to a projection mouth of the first case. The fin is provided in an air passage, the fin dissipating heat generated from laser light source apparatuses of each color and transferred via the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Kohei SUYAMA, Yoshihiro TESHIMA, Nobuo JIKUYA
  • Publication number: 20120182527
    Abstract: An image display apparatus having a case supporting laser light source apparatuses emitting laser light of green color, red color, and blue color, a projection optical system; and a cooler that cools the laser light source apparatuses. The case includes: a front wall to which the blue color laser light source apparatus is mounted and a projection outlet of the projection optical system is provided; and a side wall that is connected to the front wall and to which the red color laser light source apparatus and the green color laser light source apparatus are mounted. The cooler is provided on the side wall side. The image display apparatus further includes dichroic mirrors guiding the laser light of respective colors to the projection optical system side. Either of the dichroic mirrors reflects laser light having a wavelength shorter than or equal to the wavelength of the green color laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Tetsuro MIZUSHIMA, Kenji NAKAYAMA, Yuichi HATASE, Yoshitaka KITAOKA
  • Publication number: 20120134149
    Abstract: An image display apparatus of the present invention includes an air passage formed by connecting an air inlet port and an exhaust port inside a case having the air inlet port and the exhaust port, and an air blower that is arranged in the air passage. At least a part of a heat dissipator of a red color laser light source apparatus having the lowest upper limit of an operating temperature is arranged in the air passage closer to the air inlet port than heat dissipators of other laser light sources and also directly below the cooling fan. Hence, it is possible to provide the image display apparatus that inhibits image quality deterioration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Yoshihiro TESHIMA, Kohei SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120057137
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus that has: a case distinguished into a plurality of regions and has a projection port; an image display apparatus main body that projects an image from the projection port; and a controller that electrically connects to the image display apparatus main body and to an external electronic device, and is positioned so as to straddle on the plurality of regions. The case has: a first region that houses a first portion of the controller and is held by the electronic device at least at one portion of the region; a second region positioned away from the electronic device so as to sandwich the first region and houses the image display apparatus main body; and a third region positioned away from the projection port and away from the electronic device so as to sandwich the first region, and houses a second portion of the controller. Therefore, the image display apparatus can be made compact to be installed within an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Kohei SUYAMA, Yoshihiro TESHIMA, Nobuo JIKUYA, Kaoru SATO
  • Publication number: 20120057136
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image display apparatus that includes a case having an air inlet port and an exhaust port; a cooling air passage that is formed by connecting the air inlet port and the exhaust port; and an optical unit that is provided within the case. The optical unit includes a red color laser light source, a green color laser light source, and a blue color laser light source, and these laser light sources are positioned in the cooling air passage. Further, the image display apparatus has an air blower that cools the laser light sources of the respective colors by introducing air from the air inlet port and exhausting air from the exhaust port; and a lens that is provided on the light-emitting side of the laser light sources. The red color laser light source is positioned closer to an upstream side of the cooling air passage than the green color laser light source and the blue color laser light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Kohei SUYAMA, Yoshihiro TESHIMA, Nobuo JIKUYA, Hitoshi FUJIMOTO, Kaoru SATO
  • Publication number: 20120050690
    Abstract: An image display device using a semiconductor laser as a light source, includes a green laser light source device that converts a wavelength of infrared laser light and outputs green laser light; a spatial light modulator that modulates the green laser light input from the green laser light source device based on an image signal; an optical element that is provided in a path between the green laser light source device and the spatial light modulator, and reflects the green laser light to direct it to the spatial light modulator; an optical element support device that supports the optical element; and a case to which the green laser light source device, the spatial light modulator and the optical element support device are attached. The optical element support device rotates about at least one rotation axis in a state of holding the optical element to displace an optical axis of the green laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Junichi MUTOH, Tetsuro MIZUSHIMA, Kenji NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120044693
    Abstract: In order to reduce manufacturing cost of a base supporting a semiconductor laser, without deteriorating accuracy of mounting of the semiconductor laser, a mounting member is provided between the base supporting the semiconductor laser and the semiconductor laser; and the semiconductor laser and the base are fixedly attached with heat-cured silver paste. The silver paste has a lower curing temperature than an assurance temperature of the semiconductor laser, and a higher heat resistance than an operation temperature of the semiconductor laser. The mounting member is formed of a material having a higher heat resistance than the curing temperature of the silver paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi HATASE, Kohei SUYAMA, Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Akinori OSADA, Yoshitaka KITAOKA
  • Publication number: 20110304829
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image display apparatus which includes a red color laser light source that outputs red color laser light; a blue color laser light source that outputs blue color laser light; and a green color laser light source that outputs green color laser light. Further, the green color laser light source includes a semiconductor laser that emits non-visible light; and a wavelength convertor that converts the non-visible light to visible light and thereby outputs a green color laser. Furthermore, the image display apparatus has a projecting lens that outputs the laser light of the respective colors; and a case that retains the red color laser light source, the blue color laser light source, and the projecting lens. The case has a protrusion that retains the green color laser light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Yuichi HATASE, Yoshitaka KITAOKA, Shinji BABA
  • Publication number: 20110043766
    Abstract: There is disclosed an information processor including a housing, a projector attached to the housing, and a screen attached to the housing, wherein the projector projects light onto the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Tatsuo Itoh, Tetsuro Mizushima, Kenji Nakayama, Tomoya Sugita, Hiroyuki Furuya, Shinichi Kadowaki, Yoshitaka Kitaoka, Kazumi Ohtsubo, Hirofumi Enomoto, Yuichi Hatase