Patents by Inventor Koichi Mitsuo
Koichi Mitsuo 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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Patent number: 8587678Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head-separated camera device includes an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and a connection unit configured to connect the imaging unit and the control unit. The imaging unit includes a sensor configured to capture an image to provide a video signal, a superimposition module configured to superimpose, on serial data, the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal, the serial data serving to reproduce the image captured by the sensor, and a transmitter configured to transmit the serial data to the control unit. The control unit includes a receiver configured to receive the serial data and a separation module configured to separate the serial data received by the receiver, into the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Hiroyuki Irikura, Takashi Tsuda, Koichi Mitsuo
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Publication number: 20120293676Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head-separated camera device includes an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and a connection unit configured to connect the imaging unit and the control unit. The imaging unit includes a sensor configured to capture an image to provide a video signal, a superimposition module configured to superimpose, on serial data, the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal, the serial data serving to reproduce the image captured by the sensor, and a transmitter configured to transmit the serial data to the control unit. The control unit includes a receiver configured to receive the serial data and a separation module configured to separate the serial data received by the receiver, into the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Hiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Hiroyuki Irikura, Takashi Tsuda, Koichi Mitsuo
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Patent number: 8314843Abstract: According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus includes, an imaging unit which acquires videos, a cable which connects the imaging unit to a control unit, and the control unit which comprises an asynchronous FIFO memory and a signal processing module and controls the imaging unit, the control unit performing transmitting to the imaging unit a drive signal configured to control an image sensor included in the imaging unit, and receiving a video signal including a clock signal or a synchronous signal output from the image sensor and converting this signal into a video signal standardized via the signal processing module.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Koichi Mitsuo, Hiroyuki Irikura
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Publication number: 20110122262Abstract: According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus includes, an imaging unit which acquires videos, a cable which connects the imaging unit to a control unit, and the control unit which comprises an asynchronous FIFO memory and a signal processing module and controls the imaging unit, the control unit performing transmitting to the imaging unit a drive signal configured to control an image sensor included in the imaging unit, and receiving a video signal including a clock signal or a synchronous signal output from the image sensor and converting this signal into a video signal standardized via the signal processing module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Hiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Koichi Mitsuo, Hiroyuki Irikura
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Patent number: 7880774Abstract: An image recording apparatus and method that can store image information by thinning out latest image information at a low thinning-out ratio and thinning out old image information at a high thinning-out ratio. The image recording apparatus includes a recording unit that records plural pieces of image information received from the image pickup unit in a storage area together with recording date and time information of the respective pieces of image information; and a deleting unit that compares the present date and time and the recording date and time information recorded by the recording unit to calculate elapsed time of the respective pieces of image information and deletes the image information with the longer elapsed time at a thinning-out ratio higher than that of the image information with the shorter elapsed time.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yuma Kudo, Yasuhito Ambiru, Koichi Mitsuo
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Publication number: 20110013037Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head-separated camera device has an imaging unit, control unit configured to control the imaging unit and a connection unit configured to connect the imaging unit with the control unit, wherein the imaging unit comprises a sensor configured to capture an image, and a transmitter configured to transmit a video signal, a synchronization signal, and a clock signal, for recovering or reproducing the image captured by the sensor, and the control unit comprises detector configured to detect that the imaging unit is connected to the control unit if a preset value preset in the imaging unit is read via a control line, and a setting module configured to set a register setting in the sensor if the detector detects connection of the imaging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventors: Hiroyuki Irikura, Hiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Takashi Tsuda, Koichi Mitsuo
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Publication number: 20110013078Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head-separated camera device includes an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and a connection unit configured to connect the imaging unit and the control unit. The imaging unit includes a sensor configured to capture an image to provide a video signal, a superimposition module configured to superimpose, on serial data, the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal, the serial data serving to reproduce the image captured by the sensor, and a transmitter configured to transmit the serial data to the control unit. The control unit includes a receiver configured to receive the serial data and a separation module configured to separate the serial data received by the receiver, into the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventors: Hiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Hiroyuki Irikura, Takashi Tsuda, Koichi Mitsuo
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Publication number: 20060244769Abstract: An image recording apparatus and method that can store image information by thinning out latest image information at a low thinning-out ratio and thinning out old image information at a high thinning-out ratio. The image recording apparatus includes a recording unit that records plural pieces of image information received from the image pickup unit in a storage area together with recording date and time information of the respective pieces of image information; and a deleting unit that compares the present date and time and the recording date and time information recorded by the recording unit to calculate elapsed time of the respective pieces of image information and deletes the image information with the longer elapsed time at a thinning-out ratio higher than that of the image information with the shorter elapsed time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2005Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Yuma Kudo, Yasuhito Ambiru, Koichi Mitsuo
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Publication number: 20060244850Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image pickup apparatus has an image pickup unit which picks up a picture as an image and outputs a picture signal, an amplifier unit which amplifies the picture signal at an amplification rate L according to a magnitude of the picture signal from the image pickup unit and outputs the amplified picture signal, and a motion detector unit which decides a threshold value Th for motion detection in accordance with a magnitude of the amplification rate, detects a change in the amplified picture signal from the amplifier unit, and in the case where the change quantity exceeds the threshold value, determining that a motion has occurred, and outputs a motion detection signal V.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koichi Mitsuo, Yasuhito Ambiru, Yuma Kudo