Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kurabayashi

Hiroyuki Kurabayashi 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: 11960390
    Abstract: A testing device includes: a first update unit that updates a screen transition diagram that is displayed on a display device and shows a transition of a screen state according to input of an operation on a screen relating to a program to be tested; and a second update unit that divides or integrates a node according to an operation of the node for each screen or each screen state in the screen transition diagram. Thus, the testing device makes it possible to obtain the advantage of exploratory testing while reducing a man-hour to perform the exploratory testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kirinuki, Haruto Tanno, Toshiyuki Kurabayashi
  • Patent number: 11934808
    Abstract: A screen transition aggregation device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of similarity between a transition destination screen and a transition source screen in order from an end screen in a screen transition diagram; and a generation unit configured to classify the transition destination screen and the transition source screen into groups based on a comparison between the degree of similarity and a threshold value, and to generate information indicating a transition relationship between the groups. Thus, the ease of grasping the specifications of an application that provides a function by screen transition is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kurabayashi, Haruto Tanno, Yu Adachi, Hiroyuki Kirinuki, Yu Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8896638
    Abstract: An initial light control value calculation section calculates the backlight's initial light control value K0 according to brightness of an inputted image signal for each area. A black area measurement section measures a black area S by obtaining ratio of the number of pixels satisfying Y?Y0 (Y: brightness signal level, Y0: black level threshold) in the screen. A minimum light control value output section determines a minimum light control value Kmin based on comparison between the measured black area S and a black area threshold S0 and outputs a maximum value permissible for the light control value as the value Kmin when the black area S is the threshold value S0 or less. An LED control signal calculation section outputs a control signal to LED light sources based on a light control value K1 as the higher one of K0 and Kmin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurabayashi, Yasutaka Tsuru, Yuya Ogi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Akihiro Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8390640
    Abstract: A television device structured to automatically adjust the color temperature on the display screen in accordance with the viewing environment includes an external light detection unit or an optical sensor for detecting the illuminance and the tint of the ambient light, and an image quality control unit or a microcomputer for adjusting quality of the video image to be displayed on the display panel. The image quality control unit adjusts the color temperature of the video image to be displayed in accordance with the illuminance value and the tint value detected by the external light detection unit. The optical sensor includes an illuminance sensor for mainly detecting the visible light, and an infrared sensor for mainly detecting the infrared light. The illuminance value and the tint value are obtained based on the output values of those two sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Akira Kitazume, Daisuke Honda, Naoya Oka, Yuki Nagano, Hiroyuki Kurabayashi, Akihiro Shiraishi, Toshiaki Ohyama
  • Publication number: 20110316829
    Abstract: A backlight of a liquid crystal display device is divided into a plurality of regions. A backlight area dimmer sets a dimming value for each of the regions of the backlight according to a characteristic amount of the input image. A backlight dimming limiter sets an upper limit and lower limit of the dimming value set by the backlight area dimmer. In this case, the backlight dimming limiter may set the upper and lower limits of the dimming value according to a combination of at least two pieces of information among illuminance information on the external light, category information on the input image and image mode information set by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Naoya OKA, Hiroyuki KURABAYASHI, Yasutaka TSURU, Kazuhiko TANAKA, Yuya OGI
  • Publication number: 20110267379
    Abstract: An initial light control value calculation section calculates the backlight's initial light control value K0 according to brightness of an inputted image signal for each area. A black area measurement section measures a black area S by obtaining ratio of the number of pixels satisfying Y?Y0 (Y: brightness signal level, Y0: black level threshold) in the screen. A minimum light control value output section determines a minimum light control value Kmin based on comparison between the measured black area S and a black area threshold S0 and outputs a maximum value permissible for the light control value as the value Kmin when the black area S is the threshold value S0 or less. An LED control signal calculation section outputs a control signal to LED light sources based on a light control value K1 as the higher one of K0 and Kmin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KURABAYASHI, Yasutaka Tsuru, Yuya Ogi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Akihiro Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20100220109
    Abstract: A television device structured to automatically adjust the color temperature on the display screen in accordance with the viewing environment includes an external light detection unit or an optical sensor for detecting the illuminance and the tint of the ambient light, and an image quality control unit or a microcomputer for adjusting quality of the video image to be displayed on the display panel. The image quality control unit adjusts the color temperature of the video image to be displayed in accordance with the illuminance value and the tint value detected by the external light detection unit. The optical sensor includes an illuminance sensor for mainly detecting the visible light, and an infrared sensor for mainly detecting the infrared light. The illuminance value and the tint value are obtained based on the output values of those two sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi AOKI, Akira Kitazume, Daisuke Honda, Naoya Oka, Yuki Nagano, Hiroyuki Kurabayashi, Akihiro Shiraishi, Toshiaki Ohyama
  • Patent number: 6540077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic roll film such as Brownie film, particularly to a sealing tape, used for the photographic roll film, which can seal a roll of film easily and reliably without the need for licking adhesive on a sealing tape as in a conventional one. The sealing tape includes a bonding portion and a release portion which are made of a single tape base. The bonding portion has a bond layer coated on the tape base for securing the sealing tape to a surface of light-shielding paper, the release portion made of a folded-over portion formed by folding over the tape base includes a tacky layer and a release layer inside the folded-over portion which are coated on the tape base separately and directly face each other and an end of the tape base is secured to the end portion of the bond layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mototada Yasui, Nobuo Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Kurabayashi
  • Publication number: 20010027928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic roll film such as Brownie film, particularly to a sealing tape, used for the photographic roll film, which can seal a roll of film easily and reliably without the need for licking adhesive on a sealing tape as in a conventional one. The sealing tape includes a bonding portion and a release portion which are made of a single tape base. The bonding portion has a bond layer coated on the tape base for securing the sealing tape to a surface of light-shielding paper, the release portion made of a folded-over portion formed by folding over the tape base includes a tacky layer and a release layer inside the folded-over portion which are coated on the tape base separately and directly face each other and an end of the tape base is secured to the end portion of the bond layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Mototada Yasui, Nobuo Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Kurabayashi
  • Patent number: 4851328
    Abstract: A peel-apart monochromatic instant film unit including two separate diffusion transfer sheets, namely, a negative or photosensitive in which a latent image is created as a result of exposure and a positive or image-receiving sheet where the positive image is formed. The photosensitive sheet has a carbon containing paper base support which is provided on its one side with a white paper layer, a titanium dioxide containing polyethylene layer and a photosensitive emulsion layer, in that order, and on the opposite side is optionally provided with a transparent polyethylene layer and a backing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurabayashi, Minoru Ono
  • Patent number: 4668602
    Abstract: A peel-apart type instant film unit comprising an image receiving sheet separably adhered in a heat sealing manner to a mask member which is peeled apart from the former after the development thereof. There is provided therebetween a weak sealing layer comprising an adhesive layer of a thermoplastic polymer having hydrophilic groups and a separating layer which is alkali resistant and has a good separation property relative to the adhesive layer. The weak sealing layer can provide an easy separation between the separating and adhesive layers so as perfectly to transfer the adhesive layer to the image receiving sheet to provide a fine appearance and a writeable image frame on the image receiving sheet. The mask member is made of any polyethylene compounded paper sheets and is provided with a processing liquid-resisting layer inside the weak sealing layer for the purpose of preventing the permeation of processing liquid thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Hosaka, Hiroyuki Kurabayashi, Jun Inose
  • Patent number: 4186018
    Abstract: A method for surface treating a support for a photographic light-sensitive material, said support having a polyolefinic surface, which comprises flame treating said surface using a flame supported by a combustion gas consisting of a paraffinic or an olefinic hydrocarbon gas and oxygen gas, said combustion gas having the composition within the area ABCDE of FIG. 2, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Minagawa, Hiroyuki Kurabayashi