Patents by Inventor Hisao Tanaka

Hisao Tanaka 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: 11907533
    Abstract: An archiving apparatus that realizes high-speed seek processes and the like by setting a logical object table for each container file with a predetermined size, and closing the container file under a predetermined condition is provided. A data processing section that executes control of access to a recording medium generates a logical object table for managing a container file including logical objects which are recorded data units, and records the logical object table on a memory. In a case where a prescribed condition is satisfied, for example, the container file size has become equal to or larger than a prescribed end reference value, and so on, while a process on the container file is being executed, the logical object table is read out from the memory, and recorded on the recording medium, and the container file is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisao Tanaka, Tomotaka Kuraoka
  • Publication number: 20230005213
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program, capable of easily obtaining an image captured from a desired position. By using distance information from an imaging position to a subject and model information, a virtual image obtained by imaging the subject from a virtual imaging position different from the imaging position is generated from a captured image obtained by imaging the subject from the imaging position. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging apparatus that images a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisao TANAKA, Eisaburo ITAKURA, Shinichi OKA, Hiroshi SEIMIYA
  • Patent number: 11419455
    Abstract: An easy handling and installable fryer for cooking materials in an electric-field carrying space includes an oil pot base including an oil pot having an inner surface at least partially being a metal plate, and a metal mesh basket placeable in and out of the pot. The base includes a pot fastener that allows the basket to be placed in the pot without electricity conduction to the inner surface, and a conductor including a conducting electrode on an upper portion of a pot surface opposing a handling side, and insulated from the inner surface that conducts an alternating current to the basket in the pot. The basket includes a basket fastener that allows, with the pot fastener, the basket to be placed in the pot without electricity conduction to the inner surface, and an electricity receiver that receives electricity from the electrode and conducts electricity to the mesh basket metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: EVERTRON INC.
    Inventor: Hisao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220100383
    Abstract: An archiving apparatus that realizes high-speed seek processes and the like by setting a logical object table for each container file with a predetermined size, and closing the container file under a predetermined condition is provided. A data processing section that executes control of access to a recording medium generates a logical object table for managing a container file including logical objects which are recorded data units, and records the logical object table on a memory. In a case where a prescribed condition is satisfied, for example, the container file size has become equal to or larger than a prescribed end reference value, and so on, while a process on the container file is being executed, the logical object table is read out from the memory, and recorded on the recording medium, and the container file is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: HISAO TANAKA, TOMOTAKA KURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20200329742
    Abstract: Provided are a moisture control apparatus, a moisture control method, a program, a storage medium, a produced object, a product, an apparatus, and a facility that can improve the characteristics of an object through moisture control. In a moisture control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, a predetermined voltage or current including a DC component and/or an AC component is applied to at least one electrode that generates at least one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, electromagnetic waves, sound waves, and ultrasonic waves to achieve a bonded state of moisture elements in an object disposed to face the electrode, so that a property of the object is able to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Hisao TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10757960
    Abstract: A moisture control apparatus includes at least one electrode configured to receive at least one of an alternating current or a direct current, and to direct at least one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, an electromagnetic wave, a sonic wave, or a supersonic wave toward a substance. The moisture control apparatus further includes a controller configured to communicate with the at least one electrode, wherein the controller is configured to control a voltage applied to the at least one electrode to induce a bonded state between water molecules of moisture present in the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: EVERTRON HOLDINGS PTE LTD
    Inventor: Hisao Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10509953
    Abstract: A carry measuring device includes a first acquiring section configured to acquire a sensor signal from a motion sensor attached to at least one of an exercise instrument and a user, a second acquiring section configured to acquire position information, a shot detecting section configured to detect a shot on the basis of the sensor signal, a position measuring section configured to measure a shot position on the basis of the position information at the time when the shot is detected, and a carry measuring section configured to measure a carry of a hit ball on the basis of the distance between the shot position of the last time and the shot position of this time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Natori, Shoichi Nakajo, Hisao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190200649
    Abstract: A moisture control apparatus includes at least one electrode configured to receive at least one of an alternating current or a direct current, and to direct at least one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, an electromagnetic wave, a sonic wave, or a supersonic wave toward a substance. The moisture control apparatus further includes a controller configured to communicate with the at least one electrode, wherein the controller is configured to control a voltage applied to the at least one electrode to induce a bonded state between water molecules of moisture present in the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Hisao TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190200648
    Abstract: A moisture control apparatus includes at least one electrode configured to receive at least one of an alternating current or a direct current, and to direct at least one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, an electromagnetic wave, a sonic wave, or a supersonic wave toward a substance. The moisture control apparatus further includes a controller configured to communicate with the at least one electrode, wherein the controller is configured to control a voltage applied to the at least one electrode to induce a bonded state between water molecules of moisture present in the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Hisao TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190174956
    Abstract: An easy handling and installable fryer for cooking materials in an electric-field carrying space includes an oil pot base including an oil pot having an inner surface at least partially being a metal plate, and a metal mesh basket placeable in and out of the pot. The base includes a pot fastener that allows the basket to be placed in the pot without electricity conduction to the inner surface, and a conductor including a conducting electrode on an upper portion of a pot surface opposing a handling side, and insulated from the inner surface that conducts an alternating current to the basket in the pot. The basket includes a basket fastener that allows, with the pot fastener, the basket to be placed in the pot without electricity conduction to the inner surface, and an electricity receiver that receives electricity from the electrode and conducts electricity to the mesh basket metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Hisao TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10276060
    Abstract: To provide a golf club determination method, a golf club determination device, and a golf club determination program capable of automatically determining the type of a golf club by analyzing a swing of the golf club. A golf club determination device includes a measurement unit that measures a posture of a golf club in an address using an output of an acceleration sensor of an inertial sensor mounted on a golf club; and a determination unit that determines the type of the golf club based on the measured posture of the golf club. Another golf club determination device includes a measurement unit that measures a swing of a golf club using an output of an inertial sensor mounted on the golf club, and a determination unit that determines whether the golf club is a putter based on the measured swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Nakajo, Hisao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190038077
    Abstract: Food containing water is improved. A fryer controls water which is an ingredient of food as an object placed between a pair of opposed plate antennas, to be more specific, the water activity of the object, by generating electromagnetic waves between the pair of opposed plate antennas. Then, the fryer applies a DC electric field of +100 V as an offset electric field on the water phase side relative to the oil phase in an AC electric field to irradiate food with electromagnetic waves at a frequency of 50 kHz. Thus, the interfacial polarization between the water phase and the oil phase can be increased to decrease the interfacial tension between the water phase and the oil phase by approximately 60% and bind water in a pearl-chain structure, thus decreasing the water activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Evertron Holdings PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9934109
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a search unit, a selection unit, and a mounting processor. The search unit is configured to search for a plurality of roll back points of a file system. The selection unit is configured to select, from the plurality of roll back points searched for by the search unit, a roll back point corresponding to an operation made by a user. The mounting processor is configured to mount the file system at the roll back point selected by the selection unit to a read-only state, and further mount the file system to a readable and writable state according to an operation made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kyosuke Yoshida, Takahiro Araki, Hisao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160346606
    Abstract: To provide a swing data compression method, a swing data compression apparatus, a swing analysis apparatus, and a swing data compression program in which it is possible to reduce the quantity of swing data that is preserved while swing analysis accuracy is maintained. A swing data compression apparatus includes a storage unit that stores swing data which is output from an inertial sensor mounted on a detection target; an analysis unit that analyzes a swing of the detection target using the swing data stored in the storage unit; and a compression unit that compresses the swing data according to a compression rate which is set based on a result of swing analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi NAKAJO, Hisao TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160335911
    Abstract: To provide a golf club determination method, a golf club determination device, and a golf club determination program capable of automatically determining the type of a golf club by analyzing a swing of the golf club. A golf club determination device includes a measurement unit that measures a posture of a golf club in an address using an output of an acceleration sensor of an inertial sensor mounted on a golf club; and a determination unit that determines the type of the golf club based on the measured posture of the golf club. Another golf club determination device includes a measurement unit that measures a swing of a golf club using an output of an inertial sensor mounted on the golf club, and a determination unit that determines whether the golf club is a putter based on the measured swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi NAKAJO, Hisao TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160325138
    Abstract: A calculator matches a predetermined point in time of first time series information concerning a first swing and the predetermined point in time of second time series information concerning a second swing and calculates a divergence degree between the first time series information and the second time series information. A determiner determines, on the basis of the divergence degree between the first time series information and the second time series information, whether the first swing and the second swing are approximate to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisao TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160313635
    Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus comprises a gantry, a table, a first emitting unit, and a reflection unit. The table is movable to go in and out of the gantry. The first emitting unit is apart from the gantry and configured to emit image light. The reflection unit is configured to reflect the image light toward the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi SASAKI, Aira Hotta, Kazuo Horiuchi, Sayaka Takai, Tomoya Tsuruyama, Shinichiro Koto, Hisao Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9440755
    Abstract: A liquid container includes a liquid containing bag and a case member. The liquid containing bag includes a flat end portion extending in a first direction. The case member defines an opening at one end and accommodates the liquid containing bag inserted from the opening in the first direction. The case member has an end portion accommodating section extending in the first direction and accommodating at least the end portion of the liquid containing bag, a main portion accommodating section accommodating a main portion of the liquid containing bag, and a partition wall that partitions the end portion accommodating section and the main portion accommodating section. The partition wall includes a slit extending along the first direction, with the end portion of the liquid containing bag being inserted through the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Aoki, Masaru Takahashi, Yoshikatsu Yamamoto, Hisao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160175651
    Abstract: A carry measuring device includes a first acquiring section configured to acquire a sensor signal from a motion sensor attached to at least one of an exercise instrument and a user, a second acquiring section configured to acquire position information, a shot detecting section configured to detect a shot on the basis of the sensor signal, a position measuring section configured to measure a shot position on the basis of the position information at the time when the shot is detected, and a carry measuring section configured to measure a carry of a hit ball on the basis of the distance between the shot position of the last time and the shot position of this time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi NATORI, Shoichi NAKAJO, Hisao TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160056661
    Abstract: A contactless charging device, a device to be charged, a vehicle equipped with the contactless charging device and a program are provided to improve detection accuracy of a conductive foreign object and enhance safety. The contactless charging device has a structure including a charging coil for generating magnetic flux when power is supplied thereto; and a charge controller for detecting a conductive foreign object using the conductivity information for the power reception coil based on the coil information representing the characteristics of the power reception coil in a device to be charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Hisao TANAKA