Patents by Inventor Kei Tashiro

Kei Tashiro 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: 8548310
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8548309
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20130210668
    Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk, including the steps of detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism which is located on a 31st base of a base sequence, in a sample from a subject, wherein the base sequence is at least one base sequence selected from the group consisting of base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 or a complementary sequence thereto (step A), and comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected in the step A with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype, containing a high-risk allele, in the base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 (step B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Shigeru KINOSHITA, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
  • Publication number: 20130194405
    Abstract: There is provided a conductive supporting member provided to be electrically brought into contact with a shielding part of a cable bundle, and supporting the cable bundle. Further, there is provided a supporting member holding part provided to support a circuit board controlling an imaging element, and holding the conductive supporting member connected to a part of cables of the cable bundle. Further, there is provided a conductive coating member coated on a part of the supporting member and a part of the supporting member holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Kei TASHIRO, Takatoshi KAMEI
  • Patent number: 8461799
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8446496
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a knee correction device includes a generator, a detector, a mixer, and a calculator. The generator generates a luminance signal from R, G, and B color signals. The detector detects a color signal having a maximum value among the R, G, and B color signals. The mixer mixes the luminance signal generated by the generator and the color signal detected by the detector, at a predetermined mixing ratio. The supply module supplies a coefficient for performing level compression on each of the R, G, and B color signals, based on an output of the mixer. The calculator performs level compression on the R, G, and B color signals by subjecting the coefficient supplied by the supply module and the R, G, and B color signals to a calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kei Tashiro, Akihiko Kubota, Yoshiyuki Niijima
  • Patent number: 8436920
    Abstract: An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8431345
    Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk, including the steps of detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism which is located on a 31st base of a base sequence, in a sample from a subject, wherein the base sequence is at least one base sequence selected from the group consisting of base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 or a complementary sequence thereto (step A), and comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected in the step A with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype, containing a high-risk allele, in the base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 (step B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kinoshita, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
  • Patent number: 8432127
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8411156
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus including an imaging module that outputs imaging data for each color component including a synchronization code, a synchronization detecting module that detects a synchronization code from imaging data output from the imaging module, a data holding module that temporarily holds video data for each color component output from the imaging module, and a synchronization module that aligns the phases of video data for each color component held by the data holding module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kei Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8411138
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera head separated type camera device including: a camera head; a camera control unit; and a cable connecting the camera head and the camera control unit with each other, wherein the camera control unit includes: a control portion which feeds a predetermined DC (Direct Current) voltage to the camera head, and wherein the camera head includes: an LVDS conversion driver portion which transmits an LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) signal to the camera control unit; a correction control portion which outputs a correction value for the LVDS signal; and an LVDS control portion which controls the LVDS conversion driver portion based on the correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuda, Hiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Kei Tashiro, Hiroyuki Irikura
  • Publication number: 20130012408
    Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk by detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism, comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype with a high-risk allele, wherein the presence of a glaucoma risk is determined in a case where the allele detected is the high-risk allele, or the presence of a glaucoma risk is determined in a case where the genotype detected is a homozygote of the genotype comprising the high-risk allele or a heterozygote when the high-risk allele complies with a dominant genetic model, or the presence of a glaucoma risk is determined in a case where the genotype detected is a homozygote of the genotype comprising the high-risk allele when the high-risk allele complies with a recessive genetic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicants: Shigeru Kinoshita, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kei Tashiro
    Inventors: Shigeru KINOSHITA, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
  • Publication number: 20120295152
    Abstract: A battery apparatus of the type having a length, a width and a height, top and bottom surfaces substantially perpendicular to the height direction. First and second side surfaces, that include curved surfaces, are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear end portions are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces and also disposed between the first and second side surfaces. A plurality of electric contact portions are exposed through terminal windows; and a battery cell is electrically connected to at least one of the electric contact portions. The front end portion includes first and second level surfaces, with the second level surface being lower than the first level surface; and wherein the terminal windows are disposed in the second level surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8304102
    Abstract: A battery pack for being slidably loaded on an electronic apparatus. The battery pack has a terminal case disposed on the battery case. Terminal grooves, in which are disposed terminal members, arc disposed on the terminal case. Guide grooves are provided in the terminal case. Positioning ribs are formed on the battery case; and a terminal pressing rib is formed on the battery case for pressing the terminal case in the battery case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20120270086
    Abstract: A battery apparatus of the type having a length, a width and a height, top and bottom surfaces substantially perpendicular to the height direction. First and second side surfaces, that include curved surfaces, are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear end portions are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces and also disposed between the first and second side surfaces. A plurality of electric contact portions are exposed through terminal windows; and a battery cell is electrically connected to at least one of the electric contact portions. The front end portion includes first and second level surfaces, with the second level surface being lower than the first level surface; and wherein the terminal windows are disposed in the second level surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Nobuhito EBINE, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8293395
    Abstract: A battery device having a casing configured to house at least one battery cell and having an end surface that defines an outermost surface of the casing. A terminal case disposed in the casing has terminal grooves, terminal members in the terminal grooves and guide grooves. The terminal case projects outwardly from the end surface of the casing so as to extend beyond the outermost surface of that case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20120237814
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei TASHIRO, Takashi KONDOU, Yoshihito TAMESUE
  • Patent number: 8247106
    Abstract: A battery device to be loaded on an electronic apparatus comprises a casing configured to house at least one battery cell therein and having upper and lower surfaces, first and second longitudinal side surfaces disposed between the upper and lower surfaces, and an end wall disposed between the upper and lower surfaces and also disposed between the first and second longitudinal side surfaces. A step is disposed in the end wall and a storage element is disposed in the step to receive an electric contact portion, the step extending to the first longitudinal side surface, and the end wall extends from the second longitudinal side surface to the step and projects beyond the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8207705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a charging apparatus capable of efficiently charging battery in view of power consumption and a charging method. The charging apparatus has a charging unit which charges a battery, a remaining capacity detecting unit which detects remaining capacity of the battery, a necessary charging capacity obtaining unit which obtains charging capacity necessary for use after completion of the charging of the battery, an additional charging capacity calculating unit which calculates additional charging capacity for additionally charging the battery based on the remaining capacity and the necessary charging capacity of the battery, a charging current determining unit which determines a charging current at the time when the charging unit charges for the additional charging capacity based on power consumption generated at the time of charging for the additional charging capacity, and a control unit which controls the charging unit based on the determined charging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Nagashima, Kei Tashiro, Yoichi Miyajima, Toshio Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20120040220
    Abstract: A battery device to be loaded on an electronic apparatus comprises a casing configured to house at least one battery cell therein and having upper and lower surfaces, first and second longitudinal side surfaces disposed between the upper and lower surfaces, and an end wall disposed between the upper and lower surfaces and also disposed between the first and second longitudinal side surfaces. A step is disposed in the end wall and a storage element is disposed in the step to receive an electric contact portion, the step extending to the first longitudinal side surface, and the end wall extends from the second longitudinal side surface to the step and projects beyond the step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro