Patents by Inventor Jun Takayama
Jun Takayama 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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Publication number: 20240085655Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, a lens barrel includes an operation member and a knob. The operation member is disposed to be rotatable in a circumferential direction with respect to a lens barrel body. The knob is restricting and fixing rotation of the operation member in the circumferential direction. The lens barrel further includes a knob falling-off prevention member capable of switching between a first state of making the knob detachable from the lens barrel body and a second state of making the knob non-detachable from the lens barrel body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Kowa Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jun TAKAYAMA, Syuichi TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20240069482Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a charging unit that charges an image bearing member, a developing unit that forms a toner image on an latent image formed on the image bearing member, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a transfer material, a charge neutralizer that neutralizes a charge of the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion and upstream of a charging portion in a rotating direction of the image bearing member, a conductive collecting unit that collects a material adhering on the image bearing member downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the charging portion, wherein the developing unit collects residual toner on the image bearing member, an voltage application unit sets a potential difference between the voltage applied to the collecting unit and the surface electric potential of the image bearing member not more than a discharge threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Kazuhiro Funatani, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Shuichi Tetsuno, Toshihiko Takayama, Jun Hara
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Patent number: 9591241Abstract: A compound eye optical system forms a plurality of images with different fields of view for connecting the plurality of images with the different fields of view and outputting one composite image. The system includes: a plurality of individual eye optical systems forming the plurality of images with different fields of view on an imaging surface; and an overall optical system forming an image with a field of view incorporating the entire fields of view obtained by the plurality of individual eye optical systems on the imaging surface, wherein the individual eye optical systems and the overall optical system are configured by a lens array plate having a plurality of lenses integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Motohiro Asano, Jun Takayama, Makoto Jin, Shoji Kogo, Katsuya Yagi, Hiroshi Hatano
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Publication number: 20150332433Abstract: An RGB mosaic filter is disposed on one imaging element (301) of an imaging element array (11). An R, G or B one-color filters is disposed on each of the remaining imaging elements (302). In a mode for capturing a moving image, image data captured by the one imaging element (301) is displayed on a display, and, in a mode for capturing a still image, plural pieces of image data captured by all of the image elements (30) are integrated by super-resolution processing, and the integrated image data is displayed on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: JUN TAKAYAMA, MOTOHIRO ASANO, KENJI KONNO
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Publication number: 20150312496Abstract: A compound eye optical system forms a plurality of images with different fields of view for connecting the plurality of images with the different fields of view and outputting one composite image. The system includes: a plurality of individual eye optical systems forming the plurality of images with different fields of view on an imaging surface; and an overall optical system forming an image with a field of view incorporating the entire fields of view obtained by the plurality of individual eye optical systems on the imaging surface, wherein the individual eye optical systems and the overall optical system are configured by a lens array plate having a plurality of lenses integrally formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Kenji KONNO, Motohiro ASANO, Jun TAKAYAMA, Makoto JIN, Shoji KOGO, Katsuya YAGI, Hiroshi HATANO
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Patent number: 8723958Abstract: A luminance signal and a color information signal having high S/N ratios are generated by combining a visible luminance image component and an infrared image component at an appropriate ratio according to brightness of a subject such as brightness on a sunny day or brightness in darkness. An image pickup element 3 picks up a ye image component Dye, an R image component DR, an infrared image component DBlk and a luminance image component DW. An evaluation value calculator 41 calculates an evaluation value eDW and an evaluation value eDBlk by adding pixel values of the luminance image component DW and pixel values of the infrared image component DBlk in a local area, and calculates an evaluation value e (=eDW?eDBlk). A factor determiner 51 determines weighting factors k, kw from the evaluation value e.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Koichi Kamon, Jun Takayama
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Patent number: 8666153Abstract: Provided is an image inputting apparatus wherein luminance signals having a high S/N ratio can be generated even during nighttime with a small quantity of photons. An imaging element images image components. A color signal generating section generates color signals from the image components. A color space conversion section converts the color signals into a color space that includes luminance signals and color difference signals. The color space conversion section calculates a luminance signal obtained by adding the image components, as the luminance signal of the color space to be converted.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Po-Chieh Hung, Jun Takayama, Koichi Kamon, Sei Koh
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Publication number: 20130250070Abstract: An image synthesis device capable of imaging an object regardless of the luminance of the object, and capable of suppressing the misalignment of the objects in the synthesized linage, is disclosed, A viewpoint conversion unit performs viewpoint conversion regarding a visible light image, and thus, a viewpoint of a far-infrared light image matches a viewpoint of a visible light image. Therefore, when image signals of the images are superposed in a superimposition unit, the misalignment of the objects having different object distances is suppressed in the synthesized image, and the synthesized image does not appear strange for a person viewing the synthesized image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Jun Takayama
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Patent number: 8228397Abstract: An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing section for sensing an image of a subject; a detector for detecting a luminance of the subject; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the subject image; and a controller for controlling a compression characteristic to be used in compressing the dynamic range based on a detection result of the detector.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Tetsuya Katagiri, Koichi Kamon, Jun Takayama
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Patent number: 8089716Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape that includes a data band, including servo patterns, data, and a guard space. The servo patterns is formed along a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape with an interval provided between each of the servo patterns, each of the servo patterns formed across a full width of the data band. The data is recorded between the servo patterns. The guard space is left between each of the servo patterns and the data.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Jun Takayama, Seiji Kumagai
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Publication number: 20110269834Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions, and methods for using the compounds and compositions, for treating respiratory diseases and illness, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Arun K. Ghosh, Jun Takayama, Andrew David Mesecar, Michael E. Johnson, Kiira M. Ratia, Rima Chaudhuri, Debbie C. Mulhearn
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Patent number: 8040396Abstract: There is described an image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to conduct a high-accurate range finding operation irrespective of the position of the subject. The apparatus, comprises: a plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of luminance signal generating sections, each of which generates a luminance signal by mixing the plural wavelength signals with each other at a predetermined mixture ratio; a plurality of mixture ratio controlling sections, which respectively correspond to the plurality of imaging elements, and each of which changes a mixture ratio, at which the plural wavelength signals are mixed with each other, based on a positional relationship between a corresponding one of the plurality of imaging elements and a subject; and a range detecting section to detect a distance to the subject, based on a correlation between luminance signals, each of which is the luminance signal generated by each of the luminance signal generating sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Jun Takayama
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Publication number: 20110243430Abstract: Provided is an image inputting apparatus wherein luminance signals having a high S/N ratio can be generated even during nighttime with a small quantity of photons. An imaging element images image components. A color signal generating section generates color signals from the image components. A color space conversion section converts the color signals into a color space that includes luminance signals and color difference signals. The color space conversion section calculates a luminance signal obtained by adding the image components, as the luminance signal of the color space to be converted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.Inventors: Po-Chieh Hung, Jun Takayama, Koichi Kamon, Sei Koh
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Patent number: 7956903Abstract: An imaging device (1) including; a fluctuation correcting section (13) for correcting fluctuation of the input/output characteristics of the imaging element (4), and the linearizing section (14) for converting the signals outputted from the imaging element (4) into the state where the output signals are uniformly converted by one conversion characteristic. The fluctuation correcting section (13) is provided with a first correcting section (13a) for correcting fluctuation based on a computing equation obtained by modeling a plurality of kinds of conversion characteristic, and a second correcting section (13b) for correcting the output signals in a region close to a switch point of a plurality of kinds of conversion characteristics among the output signals whose fluctuations are corrected by the first correcting section (13a), by using model equations of two characteristics on the sides of the switch point, so that the output signal overlaps the characteristic of the imaging element (4).Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Jun Takayama
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Patent number: 7916197Abstract: An imaging device including an imaging element having a plurality of pixels for switching a linear conversion mode for linearly converting incident light to an electric signal and a logarithm conversion mode for logarithmically converting incident light to an electric signal on the basis of incident light intensity, a conversion unit for converting and outputting a reference electric signal converted logarithmically and outputted from the imaging element to an electric signal obtained by linearly converting an electric signal before logarithm conversion, a correction unit, when an electric signal converted logarithmically and outputted from the imaging element is varied from the reference electric signal, for correcting it so as to coincide with the reference electric signal, and a circuit for giving the corrected electric signal to the conversion unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kazuko Nakagawa, Jun Takayama
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Publication number: 20110063451Abstract: A luminance signal and a color information signal having high S/N ratios are generated by combining a visible luminance image component and an infrared image component at an appropriate ratio according to brightness of a subject such as brightness on a sunny day or brightness in darkness. An image pickup element 3 picks up a ye image component Dye, an R image component DR, an infrared image component DBlk and a luminance image component DW. An evaluation value calculator 41 calculates an evaluation value eDW and an evaluation value eDBlk by adding pixel values of the luminance image component DW and pixel values of the infrared image component DBlk in a local area, and calculates an evaluation value e (=eDW?eDBlk). A factor determiner 51 determines weighting factors k, kw from the evaluation value e.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Koichi Kamon, Jun Takayama
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Publication number: 20110037870Abstract: An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing section for sensing an image of a subject; a detector for detecting a luminance of the subject; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the subject image; and a controller for controlling a compression characteristic to be used in compressing the dynamic range based on a detection result of the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Tetsuya KATAGIRI, Koichi Kamon, Jun Takayama
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Publication number: 20110018973Abstract: A three-dimensional imaging device (10) comprises a plurality of imaging devices (11a and 11b), each equipped with imaging elements for converting incident light into electrical signals, and a light emitting device (14) for emitting a laser beam, in which a laser beam (B) from the light emitting device forms a light emission point (A) by plasma in space in front of the imaging device, and the difference in positional relationship with regard to the plurality of imaging devices is calibrated based on the emission point (A) as a base point. Consequently, calibration can be always performed at a required timing regardless of the conditions of an object, and can be performed while keeping a constant accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Jun Takayama
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Patent number: 7843493Abstract: An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing section for sensing an image of a subject; a detector for detecting a luminance of the subject; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the subject image; and a controller for controlling a compression characteristic to be used in compressing the dynamic range based on a detection result of the detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Tetsuya Katagiri, Koichi Kamon, Jun Takayama
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Publication number: 20100259655Abstract: A high-precision imaging device implemented by minimizing the number of members interposed between imaging surfaces of imaging elements and minimizing the cumulative error between the imaging surfaces of the imaging elements. The imaging device comprises imaging elements each including pixels having a photoelectric conversion function and a support in which the imaging elements are mounted. The imaging elements are positioned in respective optical axis directions by abutting on the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2008Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Jun Takayama