Patents by Inventor Kazuo Nomura

Kazuo Nomura 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: 8113009
    Abstract: An electronic cooling apparatus has a cabinet which is open at the front and rear sides thereof and accommodates plural electronic devices each having a fan, and a rear door which is provided with an evaporator. Air blown by the fan is cooled by the evaporator and then returned to a room. An expansion valve and control. A drain pan with an extension portion having hole portions through which refrigerant pipes extend is provided. A drain hose discharges drain water from the drain pan. An exhaust heat temperature detecting unit and a control for controlling the refrigerant supply to the evaporator are provided. When the exhaust heat temperature is equal to or less than a set exhaust temperature, the controller stops the refrigerant supply to the evaporator. When the exhaust heat temperature exceeds the set temperature, the controller starts the refrigerant supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Kazuo Nomura, Kazutoyo Kagami, Junichi Saito, Takashi Sekine, Koji Nagae, Shigetaka Nishino
  • Patent number: 8026948
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging part that images a subject to generate image data, an image storage part that temporarily stores original image data that was imaged by the imaging part, an image data size reducing part that forms image data for display by reducing the size of image data stored in the image storage part, and an image display part that displays image data for display that was formed by the image data size reducing part; the imaging apparatus further comprising a camera shake state detection part that detects a camera shake occurrence state of the imaging part, a camera shake decision part that decides whether or not camera shake occurred for image data for display that was reduced by the image data size reducing part based on a camera shake state that was detected by the camera shake state detection part, and a camera shake correction part that, when a result decided by the camera shake decision part is that a camera shake occurrence state exists, subjects the image data for display to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nomura, Hiroyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20110117718
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a hole in an insulating film, forming a first conductive film in the hole, removing at least a portion of the insulating film around the first conductive film, and reducing a thickness of the first conductive film to produce a second conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nakamura, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazuo Nomura, Keisuke Otsuka
  • Patent number: 7903031
    Abstract: A disclosed antenna apparatus includes: a punched out antenna element made of a sheet metal; a punched out ground element made of a sheet metal, the ground element facing the antenna element; and a surface mount type coaxial connector mounted across the antenna element and the ground element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Shigemi Kurashima, Hideki Iwata, Takashi Yuba, Masahiro Kaneko, Yuriko Segawa, Takashi Arita, Toshihiro Kusagaya, Kazuhiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Matsumiya, Kazuo Nomura
  • Publication number: 20100212142
    Abstract: A disclosed antenna apparatus includes: a punched out antenna element made of a sheet metal; a punched out ground element made of a sheet metal, the ground element facing the antenna element; and a surface mount type coaxial connector mounted across the antenna element and the ground element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Shigemi Kurashima, Hideki Iwata, Takashi Yuba, Masahiro Kaneko, Yuriko Segawa, Takashi Arita, Toshihiro Kusagaya, Kazuhiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Matsumiya, Kazuo Nomura
  • Patent number: 7760997
    Abstract: A shake detection device detecting a camera shake amount generated when photographing a subject includes a detection sensor detecting a rotation speed around a predetermined axis of the camera, a first image shift amount calculation unit driving the detection sensor to detect the rotation speed and, for an image of the subject photographed by the camera, calculating a first image shift amount as an image shift amount in a first direction based on the rotation speed, a second image shift amount calculation unit performing a predetermined image analysis on the image of the subject photographed by the camera and, for the image of the subject photographed by the camera, calculating a second image shift amount as an image shift amount in a second direction based on the analysis result, and a shake amount estimation unit estimating the camera shake amount using the first and second image shift amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Sano, Kazuo Nomura
  • Patent number: 7742337
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
  • Patent number: 7737908
    Abstract: A disclosed antenna apparatus includes: a punched out antenna element made of a sheet metal; a punched out ground element made of a sheet metal, the ground element facing the antenna element; and a surface mount type coaxial connector mounted across the antenna element and the ground element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Shigemi Kurashima, Hideki Iwata, Takashi Yuba, Masahiro Kaneko, Yuriko Segawa, Takashi Arita, Toshihiro Kusagaya, Kazuhiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Matsumiya, Kazuo Nomura
  • Patent number: 7701621
    Abstract: An image correction system includes an image capturer, operable to capture an object image and to generate image data based on the object image, a first storage, adapted to store the image data, a timing signal generator, operable to periodically generate timing signals, an image processor, operable to periodically store the image data into the first storage in accordance with each of the timing signals, a detector, operable to periodically detect movement of the image capturer and to generate movement data based on the detected movement, and a second storage, adapted to periodically store the movement data in association with timing data based on each of the timing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigenori Kanno, Kazuo Nomura, Oh Jaekwan
  • Patent number: 7693406
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: a shake amount detecting unit that detects a shake amount; a composition determining unit that determines whether the composition of a picture is determined during image capturing on the basis of the correlation among a plurality of frames; a shake correcting unit that performs a shake correcting process on a captured image on the basis of the detected camera shake amount; and a correction control unit that controls the shake correcting unit to start the shake correcting process when the shake amount is smaller than a predetermined reference shake amount and it is determined that the composition of a picture is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nomura, Michihiro Nagaishi, Kazuhiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7688352
    Abstract: A filming device includes a filming unit which imports a plurality of frames configuring a moving image at a prescribed sampling rate, a shake amount detection unit which detects a shake amount of each of the frames, a frame position calculation unit which calculates a frame position of each frame based on the shake amount, a reference frame position determination unit which determines a reference frame position to be a reference of a display subject frame, and a frame selection and transmission unit which selects and sequentially transmits frames positioned within a prescribed range centered on the reference frame position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nomura, Megumi Sano, Michihiro Nagaishi, Tatsuya Hosoda
  • Patent number: 7664381
    Abstract: A controller is provided which includes a photographing control unit controlling an image pickup unit to take a photograph and a shake detecting unit detecting an amount of shake even time the image pickup unit takes a photograph. Here, the photographing control unit allows the image pickup unit to consecutively take a photograph and ends the photographing operation of the image pickup unit when the amount of shake detected by the shake detecting unit at the time of the photographing operation of the image pickup unit is larger than the amount of shake detected at the time of the previous photographing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nomura, Tatsuya Hosoda
  • Patent number: 7663568
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus is disclosed that includes a synthetic resin case having an antenna element accommodating portion and a ground element accommodating portion, an antenna element made of punched sheet metal that is accommodated within the antenna element accommodating portion, a ground element made of punched sheet metal that is accommodated within the ground element accommodating portion and aligned with the antenna element, a surface mount coaxial connector that is mounted over an interface between the antenna element and the ground element, and a cover that covers the antenna element and the ground element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Yuba, Shigemi Kurashima, Hideki Iwata, Masahiro Yanagi, Takashi Arita, Toshihiro Kusagaya, Kazuhiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Matsumiya, Kazuo Nomura
  • Patent number: 7657172
    Abstract: A controller includes a photographing control unit controlling an image pickup unit taking a photograph of an object to perform a short-time photographing operation in which an exposure time is set shorter than a normal exposure time and an image correcting unit acquiring correction information for correcting image data taken in the short-time photographing operation and correcting the image data using the acquired correction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nomura, Tatsuya Hosoda
  • Patent number: 7657164
    Abstract: A subject shake detection device includes a shake detection unit that detects a shake amount of an imaging unit for photographing a subject, a subject shake detection unit that detects an image shake amount from a motion picture to be photographed by the imaging unit and acquires a subject shake amount on the basis of a difference between the image shake amount and the shake amount, and an informing unit that informs a subject shake on the basis of the subject shake amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nomura, Michihiro Nagaishi, Megumi Sano
  • Patent number: 7627225
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturer, operable to perform a first image capturing of an object image so as to generate first image data corresponding to a first time period shorter than a predetermined time period, and operable to perform a second image capturing of the object image so as to generate second image data corresponding to a second time period shorter than the predetermined time period, a storage, adapted to store the first image data and the second image data, and an image generator, operable to generate image data corresponding to the predetermined time period based on the first image data and the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Shimosato, Kazuo Nomura
  • Publication number: 20090174783
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging part that images a subject to generate image data, an image storage part that temporarily stores original image data that was imaged by the imaging part, an image data size reducing part that forms image data for display by reducing the size of image data stored in the image storage part, and an image display part that displays image data for display that was formed by the image data size reducing part; the imaging apparatus further comprising a camera shake state detection part that detects a camera shake occurrence state of the imaging part, a camera shake decision part that decides whether or not camera shake occurred for image data for display that was reduced by the image data size reducing part based on a camera shake state that was detected by the camera shake state detection part, and a camera shake correction part that, when a result decided by the camera shake decision part is that a camera shake occurrence state exists, subjects the image data for display to
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo NOMURA, Hiroyuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20090100848
    Abstract: An electronic cooling apparatus has a cabinet which is open at the front and rear sides thereof and accommodates plural electronic devices each having a fan, and a rear door which is provided with an evaporator. Air blown by the fan is cooled by the evaporator and then returned to a room. An expansion valve and control. A drain pan with an extension portion having hole portions through which refrigerant pipes extend is provided. A drain hose discharges drain water from the drain pan. An exhaust heat temperature detecting unit and a control for controlling the refrigerant supply to the evaporator are provided. When the exhaust heat temperature is equal to or less than a set exhaust temperature, the controller stops the refrigerant supply to the evaporator. When the exhaust heat temperature exceeds the set temperature, the controller starts the refrigerant supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Kazuo Nomura, Kazutoyo Kagami, Junichi Saito, Takashi Sekine, Koji Nagae, Shigetaka Nishino
  • Patent number: 7522826
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging part that images a subject to generate image data, an image storage part that temporarily stores original image data that was imaged by the imaging part, an image data size reducing part that forms image data for display by reducing the size of image data stored in the image storage part, and an image display part that displays image data for display that was formed by the image data size reducing part; the imaging apparatus further comprising a camera shake state detection part that detects a camera shake occurrence state of the imaging part, a camera shake decision part that decides whether or not camera shake occurred for image data for display that was reduced by the image data size reducing part based on a camera shake state that was detected by the camera shake state detection part, and a camera shake correction part that, when a result decided by the camera shake decision part is that a camera shake occurrence state exists, subjects the image data for display to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nomura, Hiroyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20090059665
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi