Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Tanaka

Hitoshi 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: 10004571
    Abstract: A chuck mechanism for a dental handpiece holds a columnar rotary tool for dental care rotatably with an annular rotor of the dental handpiece. The columnar rotor tool is concentrically detachable to the annular rotor which is rotatably attached to a head part of the dental handpiece. The chuck mechanism has an annular chucking member with a cylindrical base part into which the annular rotor is integrally fitted and an elastic chucking piece having a chucking pawl for engaging with a locking groove formed at a base end of the rotary tool. The chuck mechanism enables the rotary tool to be easily removed from the annular rotor by elastically deforming the elastic chucking piece against elastic force of the elastic chucking piece to disengage the chucking pawl from the locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ono, Shozo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20170309042
    Abstract: An in-vehicle camera calibrator is provided. The in-vehicle camera calibrator includes a targeted camera selector for selecting a targeted camera requiring the calibration, an intermediate camera selector for selecting an intermediate camera which is the in-vehicle camera that intervenes between the targeted camera and a criterial camera, a first calibrator for, when the intermediate camera is not selected, calibrating the targeted camera based on a captured image of an overlapping region between the criterial camera and the targeted camera, and a second calibrator for, when the intermediate camera is selected, calibrating the intermediate camera based on a captured image of an overlapping region between the criterial camera and the targeted camera, and then calibrating the targeted camera based on a captured image between the calibrated intermediate camera and the targeted camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Youji Morishita, Muneaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9799489
    Abstract: The invention provides an exposure apparatus (100) including a formation module (122) which forms charged particle beams with different irradiation positions on a specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Advantest Corp.
    Inventors: Shinichi Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Tokuno, Shinichi Kojima, Akio Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170297491
    Abstract: An image generation device for referencing a correspondence relationship and generating a line-of-sight-converted image from a captured image of an in-vehicle camera mounted to a vehicle is provided. The image generation device includes a first region updating unit that, upon sensing deviation of at least one of the mounting position and the mounting angle of the in-vehicle camera and calculating a new mounting position and mounting angle, updates a correspondence relationship of a predetermined first region in the line-of-sight-converted image in accordance with the new mounting position and mounting angle, and a second region updating unit that, upon satisfaction of a predetermined updating condition after updating the correspondence relationship of the first region, updates the correspondence relationship for a second region in the line-of-sight-converted image in accordance with the new mounting position and mounting angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Youji Morishita, Muneaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170278263
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enable the determination of whether to obtain a special-effect image to be controlled easily. A main body device 20 determines, based on information related to the optical axis directions of two imaging devices 10, whether the relative positional relationship of the respective imaging devices 10 is a predetermined positional relationship. When the relative positional relationship is the predetermined positional relationship, the main body device 20 targets, for synthesis processing, respective images captured by the respective imaging devices 10 in the positional relationship and sets the synthetic format, while when the relative positional relationship is not the predetermined positional relationship, the main body device 20 performs control to set the respective images captured by the respective imaging devices 10 in the positional relationship not to be synthesized without being targeted for the synthesis processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Kenji IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170264832
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a CPU which is operable to function as units comprising a processing unit which sets, as a first area, an area that is not a peripheral edge area in a captured image acquired by an imaging unit, sets an area including the peripheral edge area as a second area, and performs predetermined processing on one of the first area and the second area, and a specification unit which specifies whether the first area is subjected to the predetermined processing or the second area is subjected to the predetermined processing, based on orientation information of the imaging unit when the captured image is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji YOSHIZAWA, Naoya OKAMOTO, Hitoshi TANAKA, Kazunori YANAGI, Kazuaki HAGIWARA, Yoshihiro TAKAYAMA, Yoshiyuki KATO, Tomohiko MURAKAMI, Ken FUJITA, Kenji IWAMOTO, Takashi ONODA, Genki KUMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9757208
    Abstract: A medical or dental handpiece has a grip. The grip includes first to third rotation shafts. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on one shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Shozo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20170229285
    Abstract: The invention provides an exposure apparatus (100) including a formation module (122) which forms charged particle beams with different irradiation positions on a specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Tokuno, Shinichi Kojima, Akio Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170223252
    Abstract: A camera operation apparatus including a display unit; and a processor which is configured to: list and display a profile image that is identification information of each camera corresponding to each of a plurality of cameras capable of synchronous photographing on a screen display of the display unit; receive a live view image of the camera corresponding to the profile image selected according to a selection of the profile image listed and displayed; and display the received live view image on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Kazuaki HAGIWARA, Kazuya NARA, Toshiya KISO
  • Patent number: 9706941
    Abstract: A problem related to a known eyewear-type electro-oculogram measuring apparatus which detects the eye potential using a pair of electrodes positioned outside both the eyes of a user and a pair of electrodes respectively positioned above and below one eye is that the two pairs of electrodes have had an impact on the skins of users, and discomfort on them. Besides, the electrodes are not excellent in design. The present invention provides eyewear including: a frame; a pair of nose pads; and a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided on the surface of the pair of nose pads, the first electrode and the second electrode detecting eye potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: JIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kanoh, Ryuta Kawashima, Hitoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9674437
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging apparatus configured to perform interval shooting for taking shots sequentially at a set shooting interval. The imaging apparatus includes a shooting parameter setting unit and the shooting parameter setting limiting unit. The shooting parameter setting unit sets time-related shooting parameters including a shooting interval of the interval shooting. Further, the shooting parameter setting unit determines the shooting situation or shooting setting. The shooting parameter setting limiting unit limits a settable range of a time-related shooting parameter to be set by the shooting parameter setting unit to a different range according to the shooting situation or the shooting setting determined by the shooting parameter setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9663073
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for an in-vehicle optical sensor includes a cleaning liquid nozzle and an air nozzle. The cleaning liquid nozzle jets out a cleaning liquid toward a lens surface of a lens of the in-vehicle optical sensor or a translucent surface of a translucent cover covering the lens surface when the translucent cover exists. The air nozzle jets out air toward a used cleaning liquid, which was jetted out from the cleaning liquid nozzle and cleaned the lens surface or the translucent surface, to prevent the used cleaning liquid from dropping from the lens surface or the translucent surface on a predetermined position by blowing away the used cleaning liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Muneaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9661206
    Abstract: A synchronous photographing system includes an operation terminal that performs a photographing operation; and a plurality of image capture apparatuses that performs synchronous photographing in response to an instruction from the operation terminal, in which, among the plurality of image capture apparatuses, one of a plurality of image capture apparatuses participating in synchronous photographing is set as a main image capture apparatus and other image capture apparatuses are set as sub image capture apparatuses, the main image capture apparatus performs control to perform synchronization of a photographing timing among the plurality of image capture apparatuses participating in synchronous photographing, and the operation terminal performs control to instruct the plurality of image capture apparatuses to perform instruction contents from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Kazuaki Hagiwara, Kazuya Nara, Toshiya Kiso
  • Publication number: 20170142318
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus is provided with an image capture unit and a communication unit, and is configured to: perform automatic transmission for automatically transmitting an image photographed with the image capture unit to an external device through the communication unit; switch and control a first functional mode for enabling a photography function, and a second functional mode for disabling the photography function and enabling a communication function in relation to image transmission; in a case in which an image is photographed in the first functional mode, record the photographed image as a transmission target image that is targeted for the automatic transmission; and even if the transmission target image is recorded, control the communication unit not to start automatic transmission of the transmission target image to the external device during the first functional mode, and control the communication unit to start automatic transmission of the transmission target image to the external device duri
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Taku KOREKI, Takashi ONODA, Ai NAKAJIMA, Genki KUMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170134661
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus is arranged at a vehicle attached with a vehicle-mounted camera at a predetermined angle to execute driving support based on an image taken by the vehicle-mounted camera. The driving support apparatus includes: a height sensor that is attached at locations of the vehicle and detects a vehicle height at a location where the height sensor is attached; an attitude detector that detects an attitude of the vehicle based on a detection result of the height sensor; an acquisition device that acquires an image taken by the vehicle-mounted camera; a correction device that corrects the image acquired by the acquisition device based on the attitude of the vehicle detected by the attitude detector; and an execution device that executes driving support based on the image corrected by the correction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Hikumetsuto Chietein, Muneaki Matsumoto, Hitoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170035530
    Abstract: A medical or dental handpiece has a grip. The grip includes first to third rotation shafts. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on one shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Shozo NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9510917
    Abstract: A medical or dental handpiece has a grip 3. The grip 3 includes first to third rotation shafts 101, 201, and 301. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism 1000 and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism 2000 so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane 1001, 2001 extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Shozo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9433369
    Abstract: A problem related to a known eyewear-type electro-oculogram measuring apparatus which detects the eye potential using a pair of electrodes positioned outside both the eyes of a user and a pair of electrodes respectively positioned above and below one eye is that the two pairs of electrodes have had an impact on the skins of users, and discomfort on them. Besides, the electrodes are not excellent in design. The present invention provides eyewear including: a frame; a pair of nose pads; and a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided on the surface of the pair of nose pads, the first electrode and the second electrode detecting eye potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: JIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kanoh, Ryuta Kawashima, Hitoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D780831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Wada
  • Patent number: D792499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: JIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Wada