Patents by Inventor Kenichi Tabe

Kenichi Tabe 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: 9572279
    Abstract: A container-type data center enabling transportation while having IT equipment stored therein, Vibration isolation table units laid on a floor surface in a storage unit of a container are composed of a lower plate and an upper plate, and multiple spring vibration isolators are fixed between the plates. The lower plates of adjacent vibration isolation table units are fixed via a lower fixing member, and upper palates of adjacent units are fixed via an upper fixing member. Two racks are loaded per single vibration isolation table unit. By adopting this configuration, even when shock is applied on the container, the vibration transmitted from the container can be absorbed by the spring vibration isolator. Thus, even when the container is transported with the IT equipment and the like stored in the rack, it becomes possible to prevent the occurrence of failures such as fluctuation of the IT equipment, fall of the equipment by vibration, or detachment of internal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabe, Takeshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Asano
  • Patent number: 9351425
    Abstract: A container-type data center is provided, which can be transported while having outdoor units of an air conditioning facility installed therein, and having an enhanced cooling effect. A partition panel 10 is provided for separating a container 100 into an IT equipment accommodation chamber 18 and an outdoor unit installation chamber 15, and on both ends of the panel are provided pillar sections 14e and 14f for the partition panel. The length-direction dimension of the outdoor unit installation chamber 15 is within the range of 1.6 to 2 meters, which can be selected arbitrarily according to the size of the outdoor units 6a through 6d. The outdoor units 6a through 6d are arranged so that their air discharge openings face the outer side in the width direction of the container. Regarding the outdoor units 6a through 6d, it is possible to set up an angle steel rack and stack two outdoor units vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabe, Takeshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Asano
  • Patent number: 9345174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container-type data center having an air conditioning facility, which enables to effectively cool IT equipment by applying the arrangement to an existing container. A system ceiling 50 is attached to a ceiling surface 25 to send out cooling air to a cooling area 2 from a vent 31a of an indoor unit 31 of an air conditioning device disposed in a container 1, and a draft air duct is defined by the system ceiling 50, a down-wall 51 and the ceiling surface 25. A vinyl curtain 60 is provided on an upper portion of a rack 40 so as to prevent cooling air having reached the cooling area 2 from flowing out to a heat exhaust area 3 without passing through the rack 40 loading the IT equipment, and a vinyl curtain 70 in a form of a shop curtain is disposed at an area used as a path for operators entering the cooling area 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabe, Takeshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Asano
  • Publication number: 20160057892
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container-type data center having an air conditioning facility, which enables to effectively cool IT equipment by applying the arrangement to an existing container. A system ceiling 50 is attached to a ceiling surface 25 to send out cooling air to a cooling area 2 from a vent 31a of an indoor unit 31 of an air conditioning device disposed in a container 1, and a draft air duct is defined by the system ceiling 50, a down-wall 51 and the ceiling surface 25. A vinyl curtain 60 is provided on an upper portion of a rack 40 so as to prevent cooling air having reached the cooling area 2 from flowing out to a heat exhaust area 3 without passing through the rack 40 loading the IT equipment, and a vinyl curtain 70 in a form of a shop curtain is disposed at an area used as a path for operators entering the cooling area 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi TABE, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Yutaka ASANO
  • Publication number: 20160057893
    Abstract: A container-type data center is provided, which can be transported while having outdoor units of an air conditioning facility installed therein, and having an enhanced cooling effect. A partition panel 10 is provided for separating a container 100 into an IT equipment accommodation chamber 18 and an outdoor unit installation chamber 15, and on both ends of the panel are provided pillar sections 14e and 14f for the partition panel. The length-direction dimension of the outdoor unit installation chamber 15 is within the range of 1.6 to 2 meters, which can be selected arbitrarily according to the size of the outdoor units 6a through 6d. The outdoor units 6a through 6d are arranged so that their air discharge openings face the outer side in the width direction of the container. Regarding the outdoor units 6a through 6d, it is possible to set up an angle steel rack and stack two outdoor units vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi TABE, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Yutaka ASANO
  • Publication number: 20160029508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container-type data center enabling transportation while having IT equipments stored therein. Vibration isolation table units 2 laid on a floor surface in a storage unit of a container 1 are composed of a lower plate 2a and an upper plate 2b, and multiple spring vibration isolators 5 are fixed between the plates. The lower plates 2a of adjacent vibration isolation table units 2 are fixed via a lower fixing member 4a, and upper palates 2b of adjacent units 2 are fixed via an upper fixing member 4b. Two racks 3 are loaded per single vibration isolation table unit 2. By adopting this configuration, even when shock is applied on the container 1, the vibration transmitted from the container 1 can be absorbed by the spring vibration isolator 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi TABE, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Yutaka ASANO
  • Patent number: 9002172
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, a first playback module, a first image select module, an image extraction module, and a second playback module. The indexing module is configured to generate index information indicative of attributes of a plurality of still images. The first playback module is configured to play back a first moving picture by using the plurality of still images. The first image select module is configured to select a first still image from the plurality of still images. The image extraction module is configured to extract a still image group including still images relevant to the first still image, based on the index information. The second playback module is configured to play back, in place of the first moving picture, a second moving picture by using the still image group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabe, Kohei Momosaki, Kouetsu Wada, Tomonori Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8988457
    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a first generator configured to generate a first image display mode in which image processing including at least one of an effect processing and a transition processing is applied to one or more still images based on image features of the still images; a second generator configured to generate a second image display mode in which one or more still images are switched over successively; and a switching module configured to output any one of the first and second image display modes and switch between the first image display mode and the second image display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kohei Momosaki, Kouetsu Wada, Kenichi Tabe, Tomonori Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140050422
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a specific date setting module configured to set an input date along with an image setting module, an image extraction module and an image display module. The image setting module associates a still image with the specific date. The image extraction module extracts still images when a present date is within a first time period comprising the specific date, the extracted still images comprising at least a still image which is relevant to the date and time. The image display module displays a moving picture using the extracted still images, where the moving picture being different with respect to at least one of a length of the moving picture, a combination of still images used in the moving picture, and an effect used in the moving picture, on a day-by-day basis within the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kohei Momosaki, Kouetsu Wada, Kenichi Tabe, Tomonori Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8494347
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an indexing module is configured to analyze a plurality of still images and to generate index information indicative of attributes of the plurality of still images. The index information comprises recognition results of a plurality of face images in the plurality of still images. An extracting module is configured to extract first still images and second still images from the plurality of still images based on the index information. The first still images include face images of a selected person, the second still images are relevant to the selected person, and the second still images comprise at least a still image including a face image of another person relevant to the selected person. A player module is configured to play back a movie using the extracted first still images and the extracted second still images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kouetsu Wada, Kohei Momosaki, Kenichi Tabe, Tomonori Sakaguchi, Shunsuke Takayama
  • Patent number: 8488914
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, a select module, a first image extraction module and a playback module. The indexing module is configured to generate index information indicative of attributes of a plurality of still images. The select module is configured to select a style. The first image extraction module is configured to extract a first still image group from the plurality of still images corresponding to the style, based on the index information. The playback module is configured to play back a moving picture by using the first still image group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shunsuke Takayama, Kohei Momosaki, Kouetsu Wada, Kenichi Tabe, Tomonori Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120281888
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a viewer image generating module, a viewer recognition module, a group extraction module, and an image display module. The viewer image generating module generates an image of a viewer by capturing the image of the viewer. The viewer recognition module detects a face image in the generated image and recognizes the viewer corresponding to the detected face image. The group extraction module extracts, from a plurality of groups each including still images, groups including at least one of a still image including the face image of the viewer and a still image imported by the viewer. The image display module displays still images in the extracted groups on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kenichi TABE
  • Patent number: 8244005
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a viewer image generating module, a viewer recognition module, a group extraction module, and an image display module. The viewer image generating module generates an image of a viewer by capturing the image of the viewer. The viewer recognition module detects a face image in the generated image and recognizes the viewer corresponding to the detected face image. The group extraction module extracts, from a plurality of groups each including still images, groups including at least one of a still image including the face image of the viewer and a still image imported by the viewer. The image display module displays still images in the extracted groups on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kenichi Tabe
  • Patent number: 8224038
    Abstract: When groups of coordinates of face areas respectively contained in mutually different frames are within a predetermined error range, a face attribute assigning unit assigns mutually the same face attribute value to each of the face areas. In the case where a difference in the feature amounts between the frames is within a predetermined error range, a similar shot detecting unit detects that the shots from which the frames have respectively been extracted are similar shots to each of which mutually the same shot attribute value is assigned. In the case where it is judged that face areas that respectively appear in the frames contained in the similar shots and to which mutually different face attribute values have respectively been assigned represent the face of mutually the same person, the face attribute re-assigning unit assigns mutually the same face attribute value to each of the face areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisashi Aoki, Koji Yamamoto, Osamu Yamaguchi, Kenichi Tabe
  • Patent number: 8201105
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus displays face images in each column of a plurality of face image display areas arranged in a matrix based on time stamp information, and displays thumbnail images in time-series in a thumbnail display area arranged at one side of a lower side or an upper side in the two dimensional display area. The apparatus displays one of the thumbnail images with a normal size and displays the others such that the lateral direction sizes are reduced in comparison with that of the thumbnail displayed in the normal size. And, the apparatus performs display control of the plurality of face images so as to make face images having times in a section corresponding to a selected thumbnail image as time stamp information distinguishable from the others, when the thumbnail image in the thumbnail display area is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kenichi Tabe
  • Publication number: 20120106917
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an anniversary setting module, an image setting module, an image extraction module, and an image extraction module. The anniversary setting module sets an input date to be an anniversary. The image setting module associates one still image of a plurality of still images with the anniversary, the associated still image being designated by a user. The image extraction module extracts still images from the plurality of still images when a present date is within a predetermined time period including the anniversary, the extracted still images being relevant to the associated still image. The image display module displays a moving picture using the associated still image and the extracted still images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Kohei Momosaki, Kouetsu Wada, Kenichi Tabe, Tomonori Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110311198
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, a first playback module, a first image select module, an image extraction module, and a second playback module. The indexing module is configured to generate index information indicative of attributes of a plurality of still images. The first playback module is configured to play back a first moving picture by using the plurality of still images. The first image select module is configured to select a first still image from the plurality of still images. The image extraction module is configured to extract a still image group including still images relevant to the first still image, based on the index information. The second playback module is configured to play back, in place of the first moving picture, a second moving picture by using the still image group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichi TABE, Kohei MOMOSAKI, Kouetsu WADA, Tomonori SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110305437
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexer, a photomovie processor and an indexing controller. The indexer is configured to generate index information about still images. The photomovie processor is configured to generate a photomovie constituted by the still images based on the index information, and to display the generated photomovie. The indexing controller is configured to monitor whether new still images are added, about which the indexer should generate the index information, to cause the photomovie processor to start displaying of a slide show displaying new still images one after another and cause the indexer to start generating of the index information about the new still images, when the new still images are added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomonori Sakaguchi, Kouetsu Wada, Kohei Momosaki, Kenichi Tabe, Shunsuke Takayama
  • Publication number: 20110305395
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, a select module, a first image extraction module and a playback module. The indexing module is configured to generate index information indicative of attributes of a plurality of still images. The select module is configured to select a style. The first image extraction module is configured to extract a first still image group from the plurality of still images corresponding to the style, based on the index information. The playback module is configured to play back a moving picture by using the first still image group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Shunsuke Takayama, Kohei Momosaki, Kouetsu Wada, Kenichi Tabe, Tomonori Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110304644
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a face image detector and a display controller. The face image detector is configured to detect face images included in a still image and analyze the detected face images, and to generate face image information includes position information and attribute information. The position information indicates positions where the face images are detected. The attribute information indicates at least data items representing smile degrees of the face images. The display controller is configured to select a face image to be applied with effects based on the attribute information in the face image information, to apply effects to the still image based on the position information in the face image information of the selected face image, and to display the still image applied with the effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kouetsu WADA, Kohei MOMOSAKI, Kenichi TABE, Tomonori SAKAGUCHI, Shunsuke TAKAYAMA