Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Endo

Hiroshi Endo 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: 20150009622
    Abstract: A module-type data center includes: a casing including a first intake opening, a second intake opening, and an exhaust opening; an air conditioner provided in the casing and configured to generate a first airflow by taking in outside air through the first intake opening and bringing the outside air into direct contact with a refrigerant; a fan unit provided in the casing and configured to generate a second airflow by taking in the outside air through the second intake opening; and an electronic device provided in the casing and configured to be exposed to a mixed airflow of the first airflow and the second airflow and release an exhaust airflow containing the mixed airflow to the exhaust opening. The first intake opening and the second intake opening are provided on the same surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Hiroshi ENDO, Masatoshi OGAWA, Shigeyoshi UMEMIYA, Masao KONDO
  • Publication number: 20140371924
    Abstract: A processor determines a target value of a temperature of a processing unit included in the information processing system on the basis of the temperature of the processing unit when first power consumption indicates a relatively low power consumption by referring to correlation information that indicates a change in the first power consumption, which is a total sum of second power consumption of the processing unit and third power consumption of an air-conditioning machine included in the information processing system, with respect to a change in the temperature of the processing unit. Then, the processor outputs a control signal for controlling the air-conditioning machine on the basis of the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi KODAMA, Hiroshi ENDO
  • Patent number: 8902294
    Abstract: Present invention provides an imaging element that includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group, a pickup execution control unit that performs pixel addition by exposing the first pixel group and the second pixel group of the imaging element during the same exposure in a case of pickup in an SN mode and performs pixel addition by exposing the first pixel group and the second pixel group of the imaging element during different exposure times in a case of pickup in a DR mode, a diaphragm that is arranged in a light path through which the light fluxes which are incident to the imaging element pass, and a diaphragm control unit that, in the case of pickup in the DR mode, sets the diaphragm value of the diaphragm to be a value which is greater than that of the case of pickup in the SN mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Endo
  • Publication number: 20140342513
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, a gate recess formed by removing at least a portion of the second semiconductor layer, an insulation film formed on the gate recess and the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate recess via the insulation film, source and drain electrodes formed on one of the first and the second semiconductor layers, and a fluorine containing region formed in at least one of a part of the first semiconductor layer corresponding to a region in which the gate recess is formed and a part of the second semiconductor layer corresponding to the region in which the gate recess is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro OHKI, Hiroshi ENDO
  • Patent number: 8885026
    Abstract: An imaging device, comprising: an imaging unit having first pixels configured to photoelectrically convert a subject image which is imaged with a photographic lens and to output a first image signal, and second pixels configured to be placed discretely between the first pixels so as to photoelectrically convert each of a plurality of subject images which come from divided pupil regions formed by dividing a pupil region of the photographic lens and to output second image signals having a phase difference; an imaging control unit; a parallax information calculation unit; a plane image generation unit; and a blurring processing unit configured to determine target pixels in the plane image which are to be subjected to blurring processing, based on the parallax information calculated by the parallax information calculation unit, and to perform blurring processing on the determined target pixels in the plane image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Endo
  • Patent number: 8878907
    Abstract: The monocular stereoscopic imaging device according to one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter includes: an imaging optical system including a zoom lens and a diaphragm; a pupil dividing unit configured to divide a light flux having passed through a imaging optical system into multiple light fluxes; an imaging unit configured to receive the multiple light fluxes, so as to continuously acquire a left-eye image and a right-eye image; and a controlling unit configured to control a zoom lens driving unit to move the zoom lens in accordance with an instruction of changing the focus distance, and configured to control the diaphragm driving unit to maintain at a substantially constant level a stereoscopic effect of the left-eye image and the right-eye image three-dimensionally displayed on a display unit before and after the zoom lens is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei Awazu, Takashi Aoki, Hiroshi Endo, Hirofumi Horii
  • Publication number: 20140313380
    Abstract: A color imaging element, includes a color filter array, in which the color filter array includes an array pattern of a 3×3 pixel group in which first filters corresponding to a green color and second filters corresponding to red and blue colors are arrayed, and the first filters are placed at a center and 4 corners in the 3×3 pixel group, and the array pattern is repeatedly placed in horizontal and vertical directions, and in a pixel group within a predetermined area of the color imaging element, phase difference detection pixels for acquiring phase difference information are placed in entire components of one direction among components in the horizontal direction and components in the vertical direction in the pixel group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Kazuki INOUE, Seiji TANAKA, Hiroshi ENDO, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yoichi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140307139
    Abstract: It is an imaging element in which pixels which are photoelectric conversion elements are placed at respective square lattice positions, in which, when, in a predetermined region where pixels of the imaging element are placed, a plurality of pairs are arranged in a first line which is any one line among lines and a second line which is parallel to the first line, each pair having pair pixels which are first and second phase difference detection pixels placed adjacent to each other to detect a phase difference among the pixels of the imaging element, the pairs in the first line are placed to be spaced apart from each other by at least two pixels, and the pairs in the second line are placed at positions, which correspond to positions where the pair pixels in the first line are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Seiji TANAKA, Yoichi IWASAKI, Hiroshi ENDO, Takashi AOKI, Kazuki INOUE, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8842214
    Abstract: An image capturing element is provided with: a color filter in which a basic arrangement pattern having first and second arrangement patterns arranged to be symmetrical about a point is repeated. The first arrangement pattern comprises first filters arranged on pixels in 2×2 arrangement located at the upper-left portion and a pixel located at the lower-right in a 3×3 pixel square arrangement, second filters arranged on the center and lower end lines in the vertical direction of the square arrangement, and third filters arranged on the center and right lines in the horizontal direction of the square arrangement. The second arrangement pattern comprises the first filters having the same arrangement as in the first arrangement pattern, and the second filters and the third filters having the arrangements interchanged with each other compared to the arrangements in the first arrangement pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Kenkichi Hayashi, Hiroshi Endo, Noriko Kawamura, Kazuki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140268547
    Abstract: An electronic device rack includes a plurality of panels surrounding a first space. Moreover, the electronic device rack includes: an electronic-device housing unit disposed in the first space and configured to house electronic devices; a heat exchanger disposed in the first space at a position away from the electronic-device housing unit; a second space provided between the electronic-device housing unit and the heat exchanger and isolated from the rest of the first space; and an air blower configured to circulate air inside the first space through the electronic-device housing unit, the second space, and the heat exchanger in the described order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masao KONDO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Shigeyoshi UMEMIYA, Hiroshi ENDO
  • Patent number: 8830384
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a control unit provided to perform first control or second control on the same type of plural pixel rows as phase difference pixel rows which are arranged in parallel in a column direction at regular intervals, in which pixel rows on which the first control is performed and pixel rows on which the second control is performed are alternately arranged in parallel in the column direction, in the first control, a signal is not read out from each pixel of the pixel rows to be controlled but a signal is read out from each pixel of two pixel rows which are adjacent to the pixel row to be controlled, in the second control, a signal is read out from each pixel of the pixel row to be controlled, and the control unit performs the first control at least on the phase difference pixel rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Endo, Tomoyuki Kawai, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8829569
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, a gate recess formed by removing at least a portion of the second semiconductor layer, an insulation film formed on the gate recess and the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate recess via the insulation film, source and drain electrodes formed on one of the first and the second semiconductor layers, and a fluorine containing region formed in at least one of a part of the first semiconductor layer corresponding to a region in which the gate recess is formed and a part of the second semiconductor layer corresponding to the region in which the gate recess is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ohki, Hiroshi Endo
  • Patent number: 8823778
    Abstract: An imaging device, comprising: a single imaging optical system; an imaging unit; a diaphragm unit; a diaphragm control unit; an imaging control unit; a parallax information calculation unit configured to calculate parallax information based on the pair of viewpoint images outputted from the imaging unit at the first point or points of time; a plane image generation unit configured to generate a plane image based on the pair of viewpoint images outputted from the imaging unit at the second point of time; and a blurring processing unit configured to determine target pixels in the plane image which are to be subjected to blurring processing, based on the parallax information calculated by the parallax information calculation unit, and to perform blurring processing on the determined target pixels in the plane image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Endo
  • Patent number: 8820762
    Abstract: A pressure buffer device includes a bypass path configured to form a channel of the oil from the a second oil chamber to the a first oil chamber, a slit valve connected to the bypass path, configured to form an inflow route of the oil from the bypass path to a pressure chamber, and having a channel sectional area smaller than a channel sectional area of the bypass path, and a communication path connected to the bypass path, configured to form an inflow route of the oil from the bypass path to an annular recess, and having a channel sectional area larger than the channel sectional area of the slit valve and smaller than the channel sectional area of the bypass path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Endo
  • Patent number: 8804016
    Abstract: An image pickup device includes: a color filter having repeatedly disposed basic array patterns configured with first and second array patterns disposed symmetrically about a point, wherein the first array pattern has a first filter placed at the 4 corner and center pixels of a 3×3 pixel square array, a second filter placed in a line at the horizontal direction center of the square array, and a third filter placed in a line at the vertical direction center of the square array, and the second array pattern has the same placement of the first filter as the first array pattern and has placement of the second filter and placement of the third filter swapped over to that of the first array pattern; and phase difference detection pixels placed at positions corresponding to the first filter at a top and bottom edge sides in the array pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: FujiFilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi Hayashi, Hiroshi Endo, Noriko Kawamura, Takashi Aoki, Kazuki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140204262
    Abstract: A display method for a finder includes, when at least one of a blown-out-highlight region and a blocked-up-shadow region is detected in an image signal indicating a subject image, setting a region corresponding to the detected region of a shutter unit placed in an optical path of an optical view finder in a non-light-shielding state, and setting regions other than the detected region in a light-shielding state; and superposing a subject image passing through the shutter unit and a subject image displayed on a display unit based on the image signal each other so that superposed subject images are made visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi ENDO
  • Patent number: 8786676
    Abstract: An imaging device comprising a single photographing optical system, an image sensor having a plurality of pixels for obtaining a plurality of viewpoint images by photo-electrically converting a luminous flux passing through different regions of the photographing optical system, and a shading correction part for conducting a shading correction to the plurality of viewpoint images. The shading correction part varies the amount of shading correction based on light-reduction property for one viewpoint image among the plurality of viewpoint images with respect to the amount of shading correction based on light-reduction property for the other viewpoint image among the plurality of viewpoint images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Endo
  • Publication number: 20140144737
    Abstract: A pressure damping device includes: a cylinder; a piston provided movably in the cylinder in an axial direction of the cylinder, and formed to have a plurality of channels for liquid; a moving and partitioning member located between the piston and the cylinder, and provided movably from one end to the other end in the axial direction of a movable region provided in the piston, and configured to partition a space in the cylinder into a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber for storing the liquid; a first opening and closing member configured to open and close an opening in at least a part of the plurality of channels of the piston and open the opening; and a second opening and closing member configured to open and close an opening in at least a part of the plurality of channels and open the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi ENDO, Nobuo MORI
  • Patent number: 8736743
    Abstract: Interpolation precision of phase difference detection pixels is raised. An image pickup device includes: a color filter disposed with a repeating basic array pattern configured by 3×3 pixel square arrays of a first array pattern and a second array pattern disposed symmetrically about a point; a first phase difference detection pixel that is placed at a position of a pixel corresponding to 1 corner portion out of the 4 corner portions of at least one array pattern in 1 pair of the first array pattern and the second array pattern out of 2 pairs of the first array pattern and the second array pattern configuring the basic array pattern; and a second phase difference detection pixel that is placed at a position of a pixel corresponding to 1 corner portion out of the 4 corner portions in the array pattern, out of the first array pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Endo, Takashi Aoki, Yoichi Iwasaki, Kazuki Inoue, Kenkichi Hayashi, Seiji Tanaka, Noriko Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20140138931
    Abstract: A pressure buffer device includes a bypass path configured to form a channel of the oil from the a second oil chamber to the a first oil chamber, a slit valve connected to the bypass path, configured to form an inflow route of the oil from the bypass path to a pressure chamber, and having a channel sectional area smaller than a channel sectional area of the bypass path, and a communication path connected to the bypass path, configured to form an inflow route of the oil from the bypass path to an annular recess, and having a channel sectional area larger than the channel sectional area of the slit valve and smaller than the channel sectional area of the bypass path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi ENDO