Patents by Inventor Koichi Ishimoto

Koichi Ishimoto 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: 8952468
    Abstract: In an acoustic sensor, a conductive vibrating membrane and a fixed electrode plate are disposed above a silicon substrate with an air gap provided therebetween, and the substrate has an impurity added to a surface thereof. A microphone includes an acoustic transducer; and an acquiring section that acquires a change in pressure as detected by the acoustic transducer. A method for manufacturing an acoustic transducer including a semiconductor substrate, a vibrating membrane, which is conductive, and a fixed electrode plate and detecting a pressure according to a change in capacitance between the vibrating membrane and the fixed electrode plate, the method includes an impurity adding step of adding an impurity to a surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a forming step of forming the vibrating membrane and the fixed electrode plate above the semiconductor substrate to which the impurity has been added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, STMicroelectronics Srl
    Inventors: Koichi Ishimoto, Yoshitaka Tatara, Shin Inuzuka, Sebastiano Conti
  • Publication number: 20140293431
    Abstract: A projector includes a light emitting element that emits a projection light, a first temperature detector that detects a temperature around the light emitting element, a heating and cooling unit that heats or cools the light emitting element based on the detected temperature, and an abnormality processor that determines whether or not the first temperature detector is detecting the temperature normally based on a detection result of the first temperature detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140225204
    Abstract: A cavity is provided in a substrate so as to penetrate from a front surface to a back surface of the substrate. A thin-film diaphragm for sensing acoustic vibrations above the substrate is provided over the cavity. At least one wall surface of the cavity is configured of a first inclined surface between the front surface of the substrate and a middle portion in the thickness direction, the first inclined surface gradually widening toward the outside of the substrate as the first inclined surface goes from the front surface of the substrate toward the middle portion, and a second inclined surface between the middle portion and the back surface of the substrate, the second inclined surface gradually narrowing toward the inside of the substrate as the second inclined surface goes from the middle portion toward the back surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Yoshitaka Tatara, Nobuyuki Iida, Koichi Ishimoto, Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Hajime Kano
  • Publication number: 20130069179
    Abstract: In an acoustic sensor, a conductive vibrating membrane and a fixed electrode plate are disposed above a silicon substrate with an air gap provided therebetween, and the substrate has an impurity added to a surface thereof. A microphone includes an acoustic transducer; and an acquiring section that acquires a change in pressure as detected by the acoustic transducer. A method for manufacturing an acoustic transducer including a semiconductor substrate, a vibrating membrane, which is conductive, and a fixed electrode plate and detecting a pressure according to a change in capacitance between the vibrating membrane and the fixed electrode plate, the method includes an impurity adding step of adding an impurity to a surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a forming step of forming the vibrating membrane and the fixed electrode plate above the semiconductor substrate to which the impurity has been added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS SRL, OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Ishimoto, Yoshitaka Tatara, Shin Inuzuka, Sebastiano Conti
  • Patent number: 8355178
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce influences of showthrough where a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is visualized after printing. In order to attain the above object, the apparatus of the present invention is provided with determination means for determining whether a setting for printing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image in which a character portion is rendered to a minor dot portion on both sides of a sheet is made and control means for controlling so that a warning screen is displayed where the determination means determines that the above setting has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 8170353
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with the optimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded, and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electrically connected to an image processing apparatus, and includes: a deciding section for deciding on whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating, when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information and transmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding section decides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7991292
    Abstract: A terminal and an information relay apparatus allowing automatic setup for wireless connection without requiring setup operation by the user and capable of preventing information leakage when used at home are provided. A wireless LAN terminal communicates with a wireless access point relaying information to and from a communication apparatus constituting a communication network. Wireless LAN terminal includes an ROM, an optical communication block, a communication unit, and a CPU. The optical communication block is for optical communication. Communication unit is for communication by radio signal. CPU causes the optical communication unit to transmit a start request signal. After transmission of the start request signal, when the optical communication block receives an information request signal, CPU causes the optical communication block to transmit identification information stored in ROM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takeshita, Yasunari Miyake, Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7738143
    Abstract: The image data with the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image added and an image area flag signal stored in the hard disk drive are inputted into a thinning filter. A thinning circuit does not perform thinning processing on these pieces of data and outputs the inputted image, as it is. The filter performs processing so that an image of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background part may be deleted. A selector selects an image signal not passing through the filter for a latent mark of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern whose image area flag is set as “Character,” and select an image signal subjected to the processing by the filter for a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background part whose image area flag is set as “Photograph.” By doing so, it is possible to perform low pass processing on only the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background part and perform processing of making a latent-mark part emerge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Ishimoto, Masaki Kashiwagi, Nobuaki Miyahara, Takayuki Hirata, Yousuke Aoki, Asami Horiuchi, Kenji Nagai, Shuuko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20100123936
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with the optimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded, and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electrically connected to an image processing apparatus, and includes: a deciding section for deciding on whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating, when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information and transmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding section decides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7706620
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with the optimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded, and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electrically connected to an image processing apparatus, and includes: a deciding section for deciding on whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating, when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information and transmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding section decides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20090244589
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce influences of showthrough where a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is visualized after printing. In order to attain the above object, the apparatus of the present invention is provided with determination means for determining whether a setting for printing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image in which a character portion is rendered to a minor dot portion on both sides of a sheet is made and control means for controlling so that a warning screen is displayed where the determination means determines that the above setting has been made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20080199184
    Abstract: A terminal and an information relay apparatus allowing automatic setup for wireless connection without requiring setup operation by the user and capable of preventing information leakage when used at home are provided. A wireless LAN terminal communicates with a wireless access point relaying information to and from a communication apparatus constituting a communication network. Wireless LAN terminal includes an ROM, an optical communication block, a communication unit, and a CPU. The optical communication block is for optical communication. Communication unit is for communication by radio signal. CPU causes the optical communication unit to transmit a start request signal. After transmission of the start request signal, when the optical communication block receives an information request signal, CPU causes the optical communication block to transmit identification information stored in ROM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takeshita, Yasunari Miyake, Koichi Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20080123978
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with the optimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded, and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electrically connected to an image processing apparatus, and includes: a deciding section for deciding on whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating, when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information and transmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding section decides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7242501
    Abstract: In a printing process, an image quality identifier is referred to in a packet header of image data. It is determined whether the image quality identifier is ‘1’ or ‘0’, and when the image quality identifier is ‘1’ indicating a high-quality image, six color printing is set. When the image quality identifier is ‘0’ indicating a low-quality image, four color printing is set. Thus, six color printing is executed for an image read out by a scanner in the CCD technique while four color printing is executed for an image read out by a scanner in the CIS technique. Accordingly, it can be determined according to a simple standard such as kind of scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20070147929
    Abstract: The image data with the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image added and an image area flag signal stored in the hard disk drive are inputted into a thinning filter. A thinning circuit does not perform thinning processing on these pieces of data and outputs the inputted image, as it is. The filter performs processing so that an image of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background part may be deleted. A selector selects an image signal not passing through the filter for a latent mark of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern whose image area flag is set as “Character,” and select an image signal subjected to the processing by the filter for a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background part whose image area flag is set as “Photograph.” By doing so, it is possible to perform low pass processing on only the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background part and perform processing of making a latent-mark part emerge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi ISHIMOTO, Masaki KASHIWAGI, Nobuaki MIYAHARA, Takayuki HIRATA, Yousuke AOKI, Asami HORIUCHI, Kenji NAGAI, Shuuko KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 7072083
    Abstract: In an image reading apparatus for reading an original image using a light source containing a plurality of color components, a control pulse for dimming the light source is generated by pulse-width modulation symmetrically with respect to a reference timing (for example, the central position in one storage time or the storage start timing) in one predetermined storage time of a line sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Hiroyoshi Maruyama, Ken Tanabe, Masashi Minami, Shigeo Yamagata, Mitsuru Kurita, Koji Arai, Tsutomu Utagawa, Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7061652
    Abstract: Predetermined additional information is superposed as a dot pattern on image information read by an image scanner, and the image information superposed with the additional information is modulated. The modulated information is demodulated and recorded on a recording medium to perform a series of operations, i.e., to simultaneously satisfy both pattern addition and modulation/demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kurita, Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Masahiro Funada, Yasumichi Suzuki, Yoichi Takaragi, Akiko Kanno, Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7057775
    Abstract: Predetermined additional information is superposed as a dot pattern on image information read by an image scanner, and the image information superposed with the additional information is modulated. The modulated information is demodulated and recorded on a recording medium to perform a series of operations, i.e., to simultaneously satisfy both pattern addition and modulation/demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kurita, Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Masahiro Funada, Yasumichi Suzuki, Yoichi Takaragi, Akiko Kanno, Koichi Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20050190236
    Abstract: In a printing process, an image quality identifier is referred to in a packet header of image data. It is determined whether the image quality identifier is ‘1’ or ‘0’, and when the image quality identifier is ‘1’ indicating a high-quality image, six color printing is set. When the image quality identifier is ‘0’ indicating a low-quality image, four color printing is set. Thus, six color printing is executed for an image read out by a scanner in the CCD technique while four color printing is executed for an image read out by a scanner in the CIS technique. Accordingly, it can be determined according to a simple standard such as kind of scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 6757084
    Abstract: To control a light emitted from a fluorescent lamp having phosphors with different afterglow properties for different colors, a center of a lighting control signal for controlling the lighting of the fluorescent lamp is controlled to constantly align with the center of a Hsync period so that despite the variation of the lighting time of the fluorescent lamp, a barycenter of the quantity of light from the fluorescent lamp in the Hsync period almost aligns with the center of the Hsync period to reduce the offset of the barycenter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kurita, Hiroshi Sato, Koji Arai, Koichi Ishimoto, Taro Ikeda, Takashi Sugiura