Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Aoki

Hiroyuki Aoki 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: 7641338
    Abstract: Image forming part 220 forms a 2-dimensional image of the surface of the fundus oculi Ef (fundus oculi image) and a tomographic image of the fundus oculi Ef. The fundus oculi image 212a and the tomographic image Ga captured at the first examination time and the fundus oculi image 212b and the tomographic image Gb captured at the second examination time are stored in an image storage part 212. Position information generating part 214 generates the position information 213a indicating the position of the tomographic image Ga in the fundus oculi image 212a and the position information 213b indicating the position of the tomographic image Gb in the fundus oculi image 212b. The generated position information 213a and 213b are stored in information storage part 213. Image processing part 230 adjusts the position between the tomographic images Ga and Gb based on such position information 213a and 213b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Hiroyuki Aoki, Hisashi Tsukada, Tsutomu Kikawa
  • Patent number: 7626607
    Abstract: To contrive a reduction in the overall size of the device in the case of arranging at least two screens, to reduce color shading of a 3-dimensional image, and thereby to give a further absorbedness feeling to the viewer. A 3-dimensional image display device includes a space partitioned by a frame assembled in a box shape, the space accommodating a plurality of viewers, three screens disposed so as to partition the space, three projectors disposed correspondingly to the screens, respectively, and a controller for supplying image data to the projectors and further includes a phase plate disposed between the first projector and the front screen, and further, a phase plate disposed between the third projector and a reflective mirror member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Aoki, Katsunari Yokota, Yukinori Kawaguchi, Toshihiko Kamio
  • Publication number: 20090238619
    Abstract: The medium transport apparatus is provided with: a transport unit that transports a recording medium continuing in a direction, in the direction where the recording medium continues; a detection unit that detects a mark formed on the recording medium transported by the transport unit, by using a detection effective range smaller than a dimension of the mark in a direction crossing a transport direction of the recording medium; a positional relationship identification unit that identifies a relative positional relationship between the detection unit and the mark in the direction crossing the transport direction, from a detection result obtained by the detection unit; and a move unit that moves the detection unit in the direction crossing the transport direction, on the basis of the relative positional relationship identified by the positional relationship identification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 7566128
    Abstract: To provide a technology that makes it easy to capture a positional relation of a 2-dimensional image of the surface of a fundus oculi and a tomographic image of the fundus oculi. The fundus observation device 1 is provided with a fundus camera unit 1A for forming a 2-dimensional image of the surface of a fundus oculi Ef of an eye to be examined, an OCT unit 150 for forming a tomographic image of the fundus oculi Ef, a scanning unit 141 as well as an image processing part 220, a display 207, and a controlling part 210 of a computer 200 for displaying the 2-dimensional image formed by the fundus camera unit 1A and a tomographic image formed by the OCT unit, etc. in parallel on the display 207, and also for displaying the cross-sectional position information (attention line L, attention region P) indicating the cross-sectional position of the tomographic image on the surface of the fundus oculi Ef, so as to be overlapped with the 2-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Hisashi Tsukada, Koki Harumoto, Hiroyuki Aoki, Tsutomu Kikawa, Yasufumi Fukuma
  • Publication number: 20080259275
    Abstract: An eye movement measuring apparatus comprises: an image forming part configured to obtain data optically to form a fundus oculi image of an eye based on the obtained data; and an image analysis part configured to analyze the formed fundus oculi image to determine eye movement of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki AOKI, Takashi FUJIMURA, Hisashi TSUKADA, Tsutomu KIKAWA, Yasufumi FUKUMA
  • Publication number: 20080242499
    Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle in which drivability is ensured when starting the vehicle. The vehicle includes a control device that controls a continuously variable transmission. A plurality of driving modes “A” and “B” are set in the control device. The control device performs a first control that switches the driving mode to driving mode “A” before start of the engine; a second control that switches between driving 2modes A” and “B” in response to operation of a mode switching operation member; and a third control that limits the second control and inhibits switching from the driving mode “A” to driving mode “B”, when the control device detects that the engine has not been started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryousuke Asaoka, Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20080234972
    Abstract: An optical image measurement device is configured to form a tomographic image at each of a plurality of cross sections of a measurement object, and the optical image measurement device comprises: an image processor configured to execute an arithmetic operation based on a tomographic image at one cross section of the plurality of cross sections and another tomographic image at each of one or more cross sections other than the one cross section, thereby forming a new tomographic image at the one cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushi Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Hisashi TSUKADA, Hiroyuki AOKI, Yasufumi FUKUMA, Tsutomu KIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080204655
    Abstract: A fundus oculi observation device comprises: an image forming part configured to optically acquire data and form a tomographic image of a fundus oculi of an eye; a storage configured to store optical information representing a state of an ocular optical system of the eye; a calculator configured to calculate a magnification of the ocular optical system, based on the optical information; and an analyzer configured to analyze the tomographic image, based on the magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushi Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Tsutomu KIKAWA, Takashi Fujimura, Hiroyuki Aoki, Jun Suehiro, Yasufumi Fukuma
  • Publication number: 20080179126
    Abstract: A straddle -type vehicle that can be accelerated rapidly by a simple operation irrespective of a selected drive mode includes a control unit that executes first control of switching between a plurality of drive modes A and B, and in each of at least two of the drive modes A and B, and second control of shifting the change gear to a kick-down state A1 or B1 in which the speed change ratio is lower than that of the drive mode A or B, according to operation of a shift-down operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Unno, Ryousuke Asaoka, Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 7368491
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a phosphorous-containing siliceous material having a specific permittivity of not more than 3.5. The phosphorus-containing silazane composition according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a polyalkylsilazane and at least one phosphorus compound in an organic solvent. A phosphorus-containing siliceous film may be formed by coating the composition onto a substrate to form a film which is then prebaked at a temperature of 50 to 300° C. and is then baked in an inert atmosphere at a temperature of 300 to 700° C. The phosphorus compound according to the present invention is preferably a pentavalent phosphoric ester or phosphazene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials USA Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoko Aoki, Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20080102211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polysilazane-treating solvent which has excellent dissolving power and stability, has no influence on a substrate as an underlying layer and the properties of a polysilazane, is excellent in shape of cut edge, and further has high safety to the human body. The treating solvent comprises a solvent selected from the group consisting of tetralin, p-menthane, p-cymene, ?-pinene, 1,8-cineol, and mixtures thereof, and a polysilazane treatment method using the same. This solvent may further comprise a solvent selected from the group consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons, alicyclic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuo, Masaaki Ichiyama, Tomonori Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aoki, Bruce Kiker, Joseph Oberlander
  • Publication number: 20080007692
    Abstract: To provide a spectroscopic fundus measuring apparatus capable of identifying each part in spectral fundus images easily and accurately based on its spectral characteristic and a measuring method therefor. A spectral fundus image measuring apparatus 1 of the present invention includes: an illumination optical system 10 having an illumination light source 11 for illuminating a fundus; a light receiving optical system 20 for receiving a wavelength-tunable light beam reflected from the illuminated fundus to photograph a series of spectral fundus images of different wavelengths; an image processing section 7 for processing the spectral fundus images; a storage section 7A for storing the spectral fundus images; and a display section 7B for displaying the spectral fundus images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Toshifumi Mihashi, Yoko Hirohara, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yasuko Tsuruga
  • Publication number: 20070285619
    Abstract: First image forming part forms a two-dimensional surface image of a fundus oculi of an eye based on optically obtained data. Second image forming part forms tomographic images of fundus oculi based on data obtained by optically scanning a region of the surface of fundus oculi corresponding to at least part of two-dimensional image. Accumulated image generating part generates an accumulated image by accumulating the formed tomographic images in a depth-wise direction. Extracting part extracts first vascular territory corresponding to a fundus oculi vessel from two-dimensional image formed by first image forming part, and also extracts second vascular territory corresponding to a fundus oculi vessel from accumulated image generated by accumulated image generating part. Specification part specifies a position of a vascular cross sectional region corresponding to a cross section of a fundus oculi vessel in the tomographic image based on extracted first vascular territory and extracted second vascular territory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Aoki, Takashu Fujimura, Yasufumi Fukuma, Hisashi Tsukada, Tsutomu Kikawa
  • Publication number: 20070222946
    Abstract: Image forming part 220 forms a 2-dimensional image of the surface of the fundus oculi Ef (fundus oculi image) and a tomographic image of the fundus oculi Ef. The fundus oculi image 212a and the tomographic image Ga captured at the first examination time and the fundus oculi image 212b and the tomographic image Gb captured at the second examination time are stored in an image storage part 212. Position information generating part 214 generates the position information 213a indicating the position of the tomographic image Ga in the fundus oculi image 212a and the position information 213b indicating the position of the tomographic image Gb in the fundus oculi image 212b. The generated position information 213a and 213b are stored in information storage part 213. Image processing part 230 adjusts the position between the tomographic images Ga and Gb based on such position information 213a and 213b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Hiroyuki Aoki, Hisashi Tsukada, Tsutomu Kikawa
  • Publication number: 20070117892
    Abstract: There is provided a low-permittivity porous siliceous film that has high mechanical strength and is useful in an interlayer insulation film. The coating composition according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: an organic solvent and, contained in said organic solvent, 1) a polyalkylsilazane and 2) at least one organic resin component selected from the group consisting of homopolymers and copolymers of acrylic esters and methacrylic esters, group —COOH and/or group —OH being contained in at least a part of side groups contained in at least one type of the organic resin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Tomoko Aoki, Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20070070295
    Abstract: To provide a technology that makes it easy to capture a positional relation of a 2-dimensional image of the surface of a fundus oculi and a tomographic image of the fundus oculi. The fundus observation device 1 is provided with a fundus camera unit 1A for forming a 2-dimensional image of the surface of a fundus oculi Ef of an eye to be examined, an OCT unit 150 for forming a tomographic image of the fundus oculi Ef, a scanning unit 141 as well as an image processing part 220, a display 207, and a controlling part 210 of a computer 200 for displaying the 2-dimensional image formed by the fundus camera unit 1A and a tomographic image formed by the OCT unit, etc. in parallel on the display 207, and also for displaying the cross-sectional position information (attention line L, attention region P) indicating the cross-sectional position of the tomographic image on the surface of the fundus oculi Ef, so as to be overlapped with the 2-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Hisashi Tsukada, Koki Harumoto, Hiroyuki Aoki, Tsutomu Kikawa, Yasufumi Fukuma
  • Patent number: 7193626
    Abstract: A stereo image displaying device comprising: a feature element specifying section 40 for specifying feature elements contained in a pair of stereo images taken with a stereo image taking section 10; an image controlling section 30 for controlling the stereo images based on the positions of the specified feature elements in the stereo images to provide finished stereo images; and a displaying section 60 for displaying the finished stereo images in stereovision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Otani, Nobuo Kochi, Hiroyuki Aoki, Mitsuharu Yamada, Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070026667
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for formation of etching stopper layer, which can simultaneously realize dry etching selectivity and low permittivity, and a production process of a semiconductor device using the same. This object can be attained by a composition for formation of etching stopper layer, comprising a silicon-containing polymer, the silicon-containing polymer contained in the composition comprising a disilylbenzene structure, and a production process of a semiconductor device comprising forming an etching stopper layer using the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Yuji Tashiro, Hiroyuki Aoki, Tomonori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20070002276
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a favorable spectral characteristic that reduces variation depending on the frequency of received light intensity, and that is gentle on a subject eye. It also eliminates displacement between positions of respective spectral images of the same part even if a change in alignment occurs between the eye and apparatus with the lapse of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Yoko Hirohara, Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Toshifumi Mihashi, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yasuko Tsuruga
  • Publication number: 20060246303
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition, which can simply produce a porous siliceous film having excellent mechanical strength and, at the same time, possessing a stable very low level of dielectric and good chemical resistance to various chemicals, and to provide a process for producing a siliceous material using the same. The coating composition according to the present invention comprises a polyalkylsilazane compound, an acetoxysilane compound, an organic solvent, and, if necessary, a pore forming material. The present invention also provides a siliceous material produced by firing the coating composition and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Tomoko Aoki, Hiroyuki Aoki