Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Fujimoto
Hitoshi Fujimoto 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).
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Patent number: 8827465Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an optical engine unit and a control unit, the optical engine unit being provided with a projection window guiding laser light to the exterior and the control unit rotatably supporting the optical engine unit. The optical engine unit is rotatable between a first position and a second position, the projection window being shielded within the casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the first position and the projection window being exposed outside the casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Nobuo Jikuya, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Ryosuke Araki
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Patent number: 8540379Abstract: An image display device built into electronic apparatuses, the device including a laser beam source unit emitting laser beams of various colors; a light modulation element modulating the laser beams emitted from the laser beam source unit, based on video signals; a projecting optical system projecting the modulated laser beams formed by the light modulation element on a screen; a control portion controlling the laser beam source unit and the light modulation element; and a movable body provided to be drawn out of and inserted into the case of electronic apparatuses. The movable body includes at least a first unit having the projecting optical system and a second unit rotatably supporting the first unit through a hinge portion. The hinge portion is featured by rotating the first unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Nobuo Jikuya, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Ryousuke Araki
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Patent number: 8422937Abstract: There are provided a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus which can adjust adhesive strength by a simple configuration. A toner image for adhesive strength adjustment is formed on a toner image of a sheet to be bonded by an image forming portion provided in a copying machine body. An adhesive is applied onto a bonding portion of the sheet by a gluing device provided in a finisher. The bonding portion of the sheet onto which the adhesive is applied and the toner image having the toner image for adhesive strength adjustment of the sheet are bonded together by a second pushing-out member and a pair of second folding rollers provided in the finisher. The amount of toner forming the toner image for adhesive strength adjustment formed by the image forming portion is adjusted to adjust the adhesive strength of the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Kushida, Kenichi Hayashi, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Takaharu Hayasaka, Shigeo Doi
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Publication number: 20130088467Abstract: The housing of the image display system is given with a rectangular box shape, and contains an optical system for projecting an image on a screen and a control circuit board for controlling the optical system and electrically connected to the first unit one above the other. Therefore, the image display system is compact enough and simply shaped enough for the user to carry it without any inconvenience.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuo JIKUYA, Takehiko IDE, Hitoshi FUJIMOTO, Kazumi OHTSUBO, Ryosuke ARAKI
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Publication number: 20120229781Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an optical engine unit and a control unit, the optical engine unit being provided with a projection window guiding laser light to the exterior and the control unit rotatably supporting the optical engine unit. The optical engine unit is rotatable between a first position and a second position, the projection window being shielded within the casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the first position and the projection window being exposed outside the casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuo JIKUYA, Hitoshi FUJIMOTO, Ryosuke ARAKI
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Publication number: 20120092309Abstract: It is a main object of the invention to provide an image display device and an information processing device that can be incorporated in the computer main body of a notebook computer, etc., and can project an image at any desired angle when the image is projected onto a screen. To accomplish the object, the invention provides an image display device including a first unit for storing an optical system for displaying an image on a screen and a second unit for storing a control board for controlling the optical system, electrically connecting to the first unit, and holding the first unit for rotation. The first and second units are housed in a housing space formed in an information processing device. When the image is projected onto the screen, the first unit is completely exposed from the information processing device and at least a part of the second unit is stored in the information processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuo JIKUYA, Hitoshi FUJIMOTO, Kazumi OHTSUBO, Yoshitaka KITAOKA, Munenori AOYAGI, Ryousuke ARAKI
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Publication number: 20120092567Abstract: The object of the invention is to resolve the above problems in the conventional technique. A main object of the invention is to provide an image display device and a information processing apparatus which can prevent the problem such as slanting or missing of images displayed on a screen. In order to achieve the object, the invention provides a image display device built into electronic apparatuses, the device including a laser beam source unit emitting laser beams of various colors; a light modulation element modulating the laser beams emitted from the laser beam source unit, based on video signals; a projecting optical system projecting the modulated laser beams formed by the light modulation element on a screen; a control portion controlling the laser beam source unit and the light modulation element; and a movable body provided to be drawn out of and inserted into the case of electronic apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuo JIKUYA, Hitoshi FUJIMOTO, Ryousuke ARAKI
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Patent number: 8139998Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus which can achieve reduction of running cost. A notch part forming portion 400A including a punch 403 and a die 404 forms plural notch parts in an end part of a sheet bundle folded by a sheet folding portion. A discharge roller pair 402a and 402b turns back the notch parts to bind the sheet bundle. As a result, the sheet bundle can easily be opened and the reduction of the running cost can be achieved because stapling is not performed.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaharu Hayasaka, Hideki Kushida, Kenichi Hayashi, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Shigeo Doi
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Publication number: 20120062621Abstract: A brightness adjusting device including a display unit position determining part for determining the position of each display unit in a coordinate system on a pattern image shot by a camera, a shooting angle determining part for determining a shooting angle of the camera with respect to each display unit from the pattern image, and a brightness measuring part for determining the display image displayed on each display unit in the pattern image with reference to the position of each display unit to measure the brightness of each display unit, and adjusts the brightness of an image display device in consideration of the light distribution characteristic value of the image display device, the shooting angle measured by the shooting angle determining part, and the brightness of each display unit measured by the brightness measuring part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Miyahara, Yohei Miki, Hitoshi Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20120057136Abstract: The present invention provides an image display apparatus that includes a case having an air inlet port and an exhaust port; a cooling air passage that is formed by connecting the air inlet port and the exhaust port; and an optical unit that is provided within the case. The optical unit includes a red color laser light source, a green color laser light source, and a blue color laser light source, and these laser light sources are positioned in the cooling air passage. Further, the image display apparatus has an air blower that cools the laser light sources of the respective colors by introducing air from the air inlet port and exhausting air from the exhaust port; and a lens that is provided on the light-emitting side of the laser light sources. The red color laser light source is positioned closer to an upstream side of the cooling air passage than the green color laser light source and the blue color laser light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi ENOMOTO, Kohei SUYAMA, Yoshihiro TESHIMA, Nobuo JIKUYA, Hitoshi FUJIMOTO, Kaoru SATO
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Patent number: 7887036Abstract: A current invention provides a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of obtaining a sheet bundle which can be double-leaved and released without use of any binding device. A slit S to which a projection Pa provided at an end portion opposite to a side to be bound by a binding portion of a front cover P1 is formed in a back cover P3 of a sheet bundle PA by an insertion portion forming portion. Further, creases L1, L2 for inserting the projection Pa into the slit S while surrounding sheets P2 existing between the front cover P1 and the back cover P2 are formed in the back cover P3 of the sheet bundle PA by a crease forming portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Hayashi, Hideki Kushida, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Takaharu Hayasaka, Shigeo Doi
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Patent number: 7874553Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet stacking apparatus which has a pair of lower discharge rollers which discharges a sheet, a processing tray which stacks the sheet discharged from the pair of lower discharge rollers, a trailing end stopper which aligns the trailing end portion in the conveying direction of the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray, and pull-in paddles which drop the sheet discharged from the pair of lower discharge rollers on the processing tray and conveys the sheet to abut against the trailing end stopper where the pull-in paddles rotate at a first rotating speed so that the sheet discharged from the pair of lower discharge rollers is dropped on the processing tray and the pull-in paddles rotate at a second rotating speed, slower than the first rotating speed, so that the sheet abuts against the trailing end stopper.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Kushida, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Iwata
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Publication number: 20100253861Abstract: A display includes a plurality of matching sections 15 for identifying areas corresponding to partial areas taken with cameras 2a-2f in an imaging area taken with a wide-view camera 1, a projective transformation section 17 for projecting the images of the partial areas taken with the cameras 2a-2f onto the image spaces of the areas identified by the matching sections 15, an overlapped area synthesizing section 19 for synthesizing overlapped areas of the images of the plurality of partial areas projected by the projective transformation section 17, and a rectangular area dividing section 20 for dividing the image after the synthesis to a plurality of rectangular areas, and that a plurality of distortion correcting sections 22 correct the distortion of the images of the partial areas taken with the cameras 2a-2f in accordance with the rectangular areas resulting from the division by the rectangular area dividing section 20, and display the images after the correction on displays 5a-5f.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Yoshihiro Tomaru, Masayuki Harada, Hitoshi Fujimoto
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Patent number: 7673862Abstract: A sheet processor includes a holding unit for holding a folded batch of sheets, a pressing member for pressing against a folded portion of the batch of sheets, a nipping member for nipping portions of the batch adjacent to the folded portion so as to nip the batch of sheets from opposite directions, and a casing for supporting the pressing member and the nipping member.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Kushida, Yusuke Obuchi, Daisaku Kamiya, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Watanabe, Tomokazu Nakamura, Kenichi Hayashi, Toshimasa Suzuki, Atsuteru Oikawa
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Patent number: 7594645Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a pair of gripping rollers which can grip and convey a sheet bundle in a booklet-like form, a pressing roller which presses and flattens the folded back portion of the sheet bundle gripped by the gripping rollers, and a control unit which performs rotation control on the pair of gripping rollers. The control unit controls the gripping rollers so as to stop when the folded back portion of the sheet bundle protrudes from the rollers by a predetermined amount. The pressing roller flattens down the protruding folded back portion when the gripping rollers are stopped by the control unit and is in the state of gripping the sheet bundle.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshimasa Suzuki, Yusuke Obuchi, Daisaku Kamiya, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Watanabe, Tomokazu Nakamura, Kenichi Hayashi, Hideki Kushida, Atsuteru Oikawa
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Publication number: 20090218745Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet stacking apparatus which has a pair of lower discharge rollers which discharges a sheet, a processing tray which stacks the sheet discharged from the pair of lower discharge rollers, a trailing end stopper which aligns the trailing end portion in the conveying direction of the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray, and pull-in paddles which drop the sheet discharged from the pair of lower discharge rollers on the processing tray and conveys the sheet to abut against the trailing end stopper where the pull-in paddles rotate at a first rotating speed so that the sheet discharged from the pair of lower discharge rollers is dropped on the processing tray and the pull-in paddles rotate at a second rotating speed, slower than the first rotating speed, so that the sheet abuts against the trailing end stopper.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kushida, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Iwata
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Publication number: 20090174051Abstract: A package structure which aims at improvement in function, miniaturization, and systematization of a semiconductor integrated circuit having been made into multichip is offered. A substrate in which a plurality of terminals for a test and a plurality of terminals for external connection are arranged on the front surface, and a plurality of terminals for internal connection are arranged on the back surface, and a semiconductor chip in which a plurality of surface terminals connected to an internal circuit are formed in the front surface are prepared. An encapsulated semiconductor package is formed by joining the back surface of this semiconductor chip to the back surface of the substrate, connecting the surface terminal of the semiconductor chip to the desired terminal for internal connection of the substrate, and sealing the semiconductor chip on the back surface of the substrate with a molded member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Shuichi Osaka, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Tetsuya Hirose, Naoyuki Shinonaga
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Publication number: 20090039585Abstract: A current invention provides a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of obtaining a sheet bundle which can be double-leaved and released without use of any binding device. A slit S to which a projection Pa provided at an end portion opposite to a side to be bound by a binding portion of a front cover P1 is formed in a back cover P3 of a sheet bundle PA by an insertion portion forming portion. Further, creases L1, L2 for inserting the projection Pa into the slit S while surrounding sheets P2 existing between the front cover P1 and the back cover P2 are formed in the back cover P3 of the sheet bundle PA by a crease forming portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Hayashi, Hideki Kushida, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Takaharu Hayasaka, Shigeo Doi
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Publication number: 20090035002Abstract: There are provided a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus which can adjust adhesive strength by a simple configuration. A toner image for adhesive strength adjustment is formed on a toner image of a sheet to be bonded by an image forming portion provided in a copying machine body. An adhesive is applied onto a bonding portion of the sheet by a gluing device provided in a finisher. The bonding portion of the sheet onto which the adhesive is applied and the toner image having the toner image for adhesive strength adjustment of the sheet are bonded together by a second pushing-out member and a pair of second folding rollers provided in the finisher. The amount of toner forming the toner image for adhesive strength adjustment formed by the image forming portion is adjusted to adjust the adhesive strength of the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki KUSHIDA, Kenichi HAYASHI, Hitoshi FUJIMOTO, Takaharu HAYASAKA, Shigeo DOI
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Publication number: 20090014936Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus which can achieve reduction of running cost. A notch part forming portion 400A including a punch 403 and a die 404 forms plural notch parts in an end part of a sheet bundle folded by a sheet folding portion. A discharge roller pair 402a and 402b turns back the notch parts to bind the sheet bundle. As a result, the sheet bundle can easily be opened and the reduction of the running cost can be achieved because stapling is not performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takaharu Hayasaka, Hideki Kushida, Kenichi Hayashi, Hitoshi Fujimoto, Shigeo Doi