Patents by Inventor Hiroki Masuda

Hiroki Masuda 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: 8485306
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus for assisting steering of a steered wheel. The electric power steering apparatus includes an electric motor with a built-in controller for controlling rotation, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotation of the electric motor to the steering shaft, a connector used to pull out wiring from the controller to the outside, a first casing in which the connector and the electric motor are to be mounted and which includes an work hole used for a wire connection operation of the controller and the connector, a lid member for closing the work hole, and a second casing to be fixed to the first casing while housing the transmission mechanism. The second casing including a cover part for covering the lid member in a state fixed to the first casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Shimizu, Takashi Gotou, Hideki Tanaka, Hiroki Masuda, Tatsunori Harao
  • Patent number: 8488157
    Abstract: A printing system that enables to recover documents of a recovery target print job easily without forcing a user to do complicated operations. An information processing apparatus transmits a print job. An image forming apparatus prints out the received print job. A management information storage unit stores management information of a print job to be recovered. A management information transmission unit transmits the management information corresponding to user information. An identifying information input unit receives an input of identifying information for identifying a user. A user information transmission unit transmits the user information determined by authenticating the identifying information. A management information receiving unit receives the management information corresponding to the transmitted user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Masuda
  • Patent number: 8434875
    Abstract: A light source unit comprising an optical wheel having a plurality of segment areas and including luminescent light emitting areas where at least two luminescent material layers having different characteristics are provided in a circumferential direction, a wheel motor for driving to rotate the optical wheel, an excitation light source for shining light on to the optical wheel, a light emitting light source and a collective optical system for collecting a light beam from the optical wheel and a light beam from the light emitting light source to the same optical path, wherein the excitation light source is selectively turned on to illuminate the at least two luminescent material layers having different characteristics which are disposed on the luminescent light emitting areas, and wherein the light emitting light source is turned on for a period of time during which the excitation light source does not shine the excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Masuda
  • Patent number: 8386934
    Abstract: In an information presenting apparatus, information associated with each of one or more motion images stored in a storage apparatus is displayed at a location corresponding to a file production time in the form of a calendar view. A plurality of frames of representative images are extracted from each motion image in accordance with a specified frame extraction method. Thumbnail images of the respective extracted representative images are produced, and each thumbnail image is related to a playback position in the motion image. The resultant thumbnail images are managed as a set of motion image thumbnail images in accordance with a production time of the motion image. Information associated with each motion image is displayed at a location corresponding to the production time of the motion image in the form of the calendar view. Thumbnail images associated with each motion image are displayed in an expanded form in the order of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Hiroki Masuda, Masatomo Kurata, Masakazu Hayashi, Yuji Kojima, Yoshiki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8375318
    Abstract: A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a representative image storage device storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; a rendering unit rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; a display state maintaining unit maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and a position thereof; an operation receiving unit receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation commonly being a scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range; and a controller controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on the basis of the display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Masuda, Eriko Matsumura, Kensaku Ishizuka, Masakazu Hayashi, Masaru Nomura
  • Patent number: 8348435
    Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emitting area on a base material and adapted to emit a luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by excitation light from the excitation shining device, two types of light source devices for emitting light of wavelength bands different from that of the light from the luminescent plate, a light guiding optical system for guiding the light from the luminescent plate and the rays from the light sources to a predetermined plane, and a light source control device for controlling the emission from the excitation light shining device and the light sources, wherein a synthetic light or a single-color light are emitted by controlling the emissions from the excitation light shining device and the light sources by the light source control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Osamu Umamine, Hiroki Masuda, Masanori Ohta, Naotsugu Ogura, Mamoru Shibasaki, Hideyuki Kurosaki, Masahiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8337027
    Abstract: A light source unit including an excitation light source for emitting light in a blue wavelength band, a fluorescent wheel, a light emitting device for emitting light in a red wavelength band and a light guiding optical system for guiding light emitted from the fluorescent wheel and the light emitting device to a light guiding device. The fluorescent wheel has a fluorescent area where a green fluorescent material layer for emitting fluorescent light in a green wavelength band is disposed and a diffuse area for converting light emitted from the excitation light source into diffuse light of which directivity is weak are disposed end to end in a circumferential direction. A concentration of weight content of the green fluorescent material and a thickness thereof are such that a luminescent intensity of fluorescent light emitted from the green fluorescent material layer is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotsugu Ogura, Masahiro Ogawa, Hideki Nakamura, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hiroki Masuda, Yasuyuki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8327629
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a black smoke exhaust purification apparatus capable of equalizing temperature of a particulate filter and facilitating maintenance thereof. The black smoke exhaust purification apparatus is arranged in series therein with an oxidation catalyst and a particulate filter wherein an inlet for exhaust gas is disposed between the oxidation catalyst and the particulate filter, and wherein an exhaust gas passage is extended from the inlet portion through the oxidation catalyst so as to be connected to an upstream space of the oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Masuda, Hiroshi Masuda, Hiroshi Omote
  • Publication number: 20120262677
    Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emitting area on a base material and adapted to emit a luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by excitation light from the excitation shining device, two types of light source devices for emitting light of wavelength bands different from that of the light from the luminescent plate, a light guiding optical system for guiding the light from the luminescent plate and the rays from the light sources to a predetermined plane, and a light source control device for controlling the emission from the excitation light shining device and the light sources, wherein a synthetic light or a single-color light are emitted by controlling the emissions from the excitation light shining device and the light sources by the light source control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Osamu UMAMINE, Hiroki MASUDA, Masanori OHTA, Naotsugu OGURA, Mamoru SHIBASAKI, Hideyuki KUROSAKI, Masahiro OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20120249976
    Abstract: A projection unit projects the optical image formed by the optical image formation unit toward a projection target. A temperature detection unit detects a temperature of each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A measurement unit measures an intensity of light from each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A light emission control unit (a) corrects a measurement result from the measurement unit using a detection result from the temperature detection unit and (b) controls the light emission intensity for each of the semiconductor light emitting elements based on the corrected measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Shibasaki, Hiroki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20120241245
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus for assisting steering of a steered wheel. The electric power steering apparatus includes an electric motor with a built-in controller for controlling rotation, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotation of the electric motor to the steering shaft, a connector used to pull out wiring from the controller to the outside, a first casing in which the connector and the electric motor are to be mounted and which includes an work hole used for a wire connection operation of the controller and the connector, a lid member for closing the work hole, and a second casing to be fixed to the first casing while housing the transmission mechanism. The second casing including a cover part for covering the lid member in a state fixed to the first casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro SHIMIZU, Takashi GOTOU, Hideki TANAKA, Hiroki MASUDA, Tatsunori HARAO
  • Publication number: 20120204666
    Abstract: A worm reduction gear that reduces a rotation of a worm and transmits the reduced rotation to a worm wheel includes a casing that houses the worm and the worm wheel, wherein the casing includes: a wheel opposing surface that opposes an end surface of the worm wheel via an interval; and a grease holding recessed portion formed in a recessed shape in the wheel opposing surface, and the grease holding recessed portion is provided in a position opposing a worm meshing portion between the worm and the worm wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi GOTOU, Hiroki MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20120140185
    Abstract: A projector is provided which includes a light source unit which can reduce the numbers of lenses and mirrors and which can control quantity of light of each color. A light source unit of the invention includes a laser light source unit 70 which has a plurality of red laser elements 71R and a plurality of blue laser elements 71B as two types of laser emitting elements 71 which emit light of wavelength bands which are different from each other and in which the pluralities of red and blue laser emitting elements 71R, 71B are arranged in a planar fashion, a diffusing unit which is disposed on an optical path of light emitted from the laser light source unit 70 to diffuse the light emitted from the laser light source unit 70, and a light source control unit for controlling the illumination of the laser emitting elements 71R, 71B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki MASUDA
  • Patent number: 8160431
    Abstract: An image reproduction system configured by an image reproduction device that can accumulate a still image or a moving image for reproduction, and an information processing device that makes a setting to the image reproduction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Nomura, Hiroki Masuda, Eriko Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20120075591
    Abstract: A light source unit includes an excitation light source and a luminescent wheel on which luminescent light emitting areas including, on a reflecting surface, red and green luminescent materials which respectively emit light of red and green wavelength band, when receiving excitation light, and a diffuse transmission area which diffuses and transmits excitation light, are aligned end to end in a circumferential direction. An excitation light incident surface of a luminescent material layer of the luminescent wheel has a surface with a plurality of projecting bodies. Regular quadrangular pyramids are arranged thereon in a matrix with outer boundaries of bottom portions of adjacent regular quadrangular pyramids contacting each other. The pyramids rise at a rising angle of at least 30°, and a length of one side of an outer boundary of the bottom portion of the pyramid is between 10 and 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotsugu Ogura, Hideki Nakamura, Takeshi Miyazaki, Osamu Umamine, Hiroki Masuda, Yasuyuki Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20120026472
    Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emission portion and a diffuse transmission portion, a first light source which emits light of a wavelength band which can excite the luminescent material, a second light source which emits light of a wavelength band which differs from the luminous light and the light emitted from the first light source, a light guiding optical system which guides light of respective wavelength bands in color emitted from the luminescent plate to a predetermined plane, and a light source control part for controlling individually the emission of light from the first light source and the second light source, wherein the luminescent plate is disposed on optical paths of the first light source and the second light source, wherein a light shining position of light from the first light source and a light shining position of light from the second light source are made to differ from each other on the luminescent plate, and wherein the lig
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hiroki MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20110096297
    Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emitting area on a base material and adapted to emit a luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by excitation light from the excitation shining device, two types of light source devices for emitting light of wavelength bands different from that of the light from the luminescent plate, a light guiding optical system for guiding the light from the luminescent plate and the rays from the light sources to a predetermined plane, and a light source control device for controlling the emission from the excitation light shining device and the light sources, wherein a synthetic light or a single-color light are emitted by controlling the emissions from the excitation light shining device and the light sources by the light source control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Osamu Umamine, Hiroki Masuda, Masanori Ohta, Naotsugu Ogura, Mamoru Shibasaki, Hideyuki Kurosaki, Masahiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20110051102
    Abstract: With a view to providing a light source unit which can emit light source light of high luminance and high intensity even in the small quantity of excitation light, there is provided a light source unit including an excitation light source for emitting light in a blue wavelength band, a fluorescent wheel, a light emitting device for emitting light in a red wavelength band and a light guiding optical system for guiding light emitted from the fluorescent wheel and the light emitting device to a light guiding device, wherein the fluorescent wheel is made up of a fluorescent area where a green fluorescent material layer for emitting fluorescent light in a green wavelength band is disposed and a diffuse area for converting light emitted from the excitation light source into diffuse light of which directivity is weak are disposed end to end in a circumferential direction, and wherein the green fluorescent material layer is such that a concentration of weight content of the green fluorescent material in the green flu
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotsugu Ogura, Masahiro Ogawa, Hideki Nakamura, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hiroki Masuda, Yasuyuki Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20100328617
    Abstract: A fluorescent wheel comprising a base with a reflective surface and a flat bottom surface, and a fluorescent layer disposed on the reflective surface of the base such that the reflective surface of the base directs, outward from the wheel, fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent layer due to its excitation by exciting light. The reflective surface of the base has an array of minute reflective structures formed thereon so as to reflect, outward from the reflective surface, fluorescence emitted substantially parallel to the flat bottom surface of the base from the fluorescent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20100328628
    Abstract: A light source unit comprising an optical wheel having a plurality of segment areas and including luminescent light emitting areas where at least two luminescent material layers having different characteristics are provided in a circumferential direction, a wheel motor for driving to rotate the optical wheel, an excitation light source for shining light on to the optical wheel, a light emitting light source and a collective optical system for collecting a light beam from the optical wheel and a light beam from the light emitting light source to the same optical path, wherein the excitation light source is selectively turned on to illuminate the at least two luminescent material layers having different characteristics which are disposed on the luminescent light emitting areas, and wherein the light emitting light source is turned on for a period of time during which the excitation light source does not shine the excitation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroki MASUDA