Patents by Inventor Koichi Tanaka

Koichi Tanaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20230007178
    Abstract: A processor of an imaging apparatus including an imaging element that images a subject through an imaging optical system is configured to: perform a recording control of performing one of: first processing as defined herein; and second processing as defined herein; perform an image shake correction control of correcting an image shake of a captured image output from the imaging element by moving one or both of the imaging element and a lens included in the imaging optical system; perform image processing of generating a live view image for displaying a subject image formed in the second region on a display unit; and perform a control of setting, in a case of performing the first processing, a movable range of at least one of the imaging element and the lens in the image shake correction control to be larger than in a case of performing the second processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Kosuke KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230004113
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that makes it possible to obtain a result of prediction of a consumption degree (remaining amount) of a consumable at a desired timing. The information processing apparatus is capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus that forms an image using toner supplied from a toner container mounted thereon. A reception unit receives first information on a consumption amount of the toner by the image forming apparatus. A controller acquires date information on a designated date, and determines second information on a consumption amount of the toner by the designated date, based on the first information in an amount corresponding to a predetermined number of days before a certain day before the designated date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Jiro Shirakata, Shun Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11545350
    Abstract: One mode is a method for the structural analysis of an organic compound by MALDI mass spectrometry, including: a sample preparation process (S1) which includes preparing a sample by mixing a specimen containing an organic compound to be analyzed with a predetermined matrix at a mixture ratio within a range from 1:5 to 1:5000 in molar ratio; a mass spectrometry process (S3) which includes irradiating the prepared sample with a laser beam having a spot size equal to or smaller than 15 ?m to generate ions originating from a component of the specimen in the sample, and performing a mass spectrometric analysis of the generated ions; and an analyzing process (S4) which includes detecting, from a mass spectrum acquired in the mass spectrometry process, ions including product ions resulting from in-source decay, and estimating the structure of the organic compound to be analyzed based on information concerning the ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Takushi Yamamoto, Manaho Yamaguchi, Shunsuke Izumi
  • Patent number: 11537192
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a first power supply unit, a second power supply unit, and a control device. The connection unit is connected to an electronic apparatus including a controlled device and a communication relay unit. The first power supply unit can supply power to the controlled device. The second power supply unit can supply power to the communication relay unit. The control device is capable of switching a power supply state by the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit between at least a first stop state in which power supply by the first power supply unit is continued and power supply by the second power supply unit is stopped and a second stop state in which power supply by the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kitao, Atsushi Suzuki, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsuo Tomimatsu, Masayuki Shigetomi, Hitoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220408042
    Abstract: The pixel region includes a first phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the first side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer in a first side region of the first side, and a second phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the second side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer. The first phase difference pixel group includes a first A pixel and a first B pixel in which a light blocking area of the photoelectric conversion element using the light blocking layer is smaller than that of the first A pixel. The controller performs addition readout processing in which at least one of a pixel signal of the first A pixel or a pixel signal of the first B pixel is weighted in accordance with optical characteristics of the imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Junya KITAGAWA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Patent number: 11509826
    Abstract: An imaging device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an imaging section that captures a video, a static image file generation section that extracts a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video and generates a static image file, a video file generation section that divides the video in accordance with the generation of the static image file to generate a plurality of video files, and a storage section that stores the static image file in association with a first video file that includes the first frame among the plurality of video files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsuya Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20220365360
    Abstract: A lens interchangeable digital camera includes an image sensor in which a subject image is formed on an imaging surface through an imaging optical system including a zoom lens and a sensor movement type shake correction mechanism that performs a sensor movement operation of moving the image sensor in a direction to cancel a shake. A zoom operation determination unit determines whether or not a zoom operation in which the zoom lens moves is being performed. In a case where the zoom operation determination unit determines that the zoom operation is being performed, an operation deciding unit prohibits a shift operation which is at least a part of a sensor movement operation which is allowed while the zoom operation is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro UCHIDA, Koichi TANAKA, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Seiichi IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220360724
    Abstract: Provided is a more useful method as a display method of a video in which a part of a captured video is cut out and the cut-out video can be switched. A display method of displaying a video captured by an imaging apparatus includes a setting step of automatically setting a plurality of set regions or a candidate for the set region in a reference region which is an imaging region of a reference video, a selection step of selecting a recording region, which is a region of a record video to be recorded, from among the plurality of set regions, and a switching step of reselecting the recording region from among the plurality of set regions to switch the recording region after the selection step is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya KITAGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Koichi TANAKA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20220360704
    Abstract: In a display method of a video in which a part of a captured video is cut out and the cut-out video is switched, the convenience for a user is improved. A display method of displaying a video captured by an imaging apparatus includes a setting step of setting a plurality of set regions in a reference region which is an imaging region of a reference video, a selection step of selecting a recording region, which is a region of a record video to be recorded, from among the plurality of set regions, a switching step of reselecting the recording region from among the plurality of set regions to switch the recording region after the selection step is performed, and a display step of displaying the record video, the reference video, and a flag indicating a position of each of the plurality of set regions in the reference video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Koichi TANAKA, Junya KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11496666
    Abstract: In an imaging element in which a plurality of phase difference detection pixels and a plurality of normal pixels for imaging are two-dimensionally arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the phase difference detection pixel includes a first phase difference pixel ZA and a second phase difference pixel ZB including opening portions for pupil separation at different positions in the horizontal direction. The first phase difference pixel ZA and the second phase difference pixel ZB are adjacently arranged to have the opening portions facing each other. RGB color filters are arranged in the plurality of normal pixels in the Bayer arrangement. The imaging element includes a normal pixel row in which only the normal pixel is arranged in the horizontal direction and a phase difference pixel row in which the first phase difference pixel ZA, the second phase difference pixel ZB, and one normal pixel are periodically arranged in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai, Seiji Tanaka, Koichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220344140
    Abstract: An ion analyzer includes: a reaction chamber 2 into which precursor ions derived from a sample component are introduced; a radical generation unit including an insulating tube 551, and a discharge unit 54, 552 configured to generate a discharge inside the insulating tube; a gas supply unit 52, 53 capable of supplying a first gas which is a radical raw material gas, and a second gas which is any of an oxygen gas, an ozone gas, a nitrogen gas, a gas of a compound containing an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom, and a rare gas to an inside of the insulating tube; an evacuation unit 57 configured to evacuate the inside of the insulating tube; a radical introduction unit 55 configured to introduce radicals into an inside of the reaction chamber; and a control unit 93 configured to perform a first operation of introducing the first gas into the inside of the insulating tube, generating radicals by generating a discharge, and introducing the radicals into the inside of the reaction chamber, and a second operation of in
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Koichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11483477
    Abstract: The image blur correction device includes an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a system control unit. The system control unit selects one of rotation axes based on a usage state of a digital camera, and calculates a shift blur amount generated in a direction by rotation of the digital camera around a second axis and a shift blur amount generated in a direction by rotation of the digital camera around a first axis based on distances from the selected rotation axis to the acceleration sensor, angular velocities, and accelerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Fuminori Irie, Junya Kitagawa, Kouhei Awazu
  • Patent number: 11474468
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that makes it possible to obtain a result of prediction of a consumption degree (remaining amount) of a consumable at a desired timing. The information processing apparatus is capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus that forms an image using toner supplied from a toner container mounted thereon. A reception unit receives first information on a consumption amount of the toner by the image forming apparatus. A controller acquires date information on a designated date, and determines second information on a consumption amount of the toner by the designated date, based on the first information in an amount corresponding to a predetermined number of days before a certain day before the designated date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Jiro Shirakata, Shun Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11467367
    Abstract: An imaging device stores a focal length and a position of a focus lens in a storage unit in a case in which a focal state is determined to be a focus state in which a subject is in focus and at least one of the imaging device or the subject is determined to be stationary; generates tracking data for changing the position of the focus lens according to a change in focal length, using a plurality of stored focal lengths and a plurality of stored positions of the focus lens; and performs a zoom tracking control using the generated tracking data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Fujiki, Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Seiichi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20220321725
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member, reading portion, a pattern, and a processor. The processor extracts a frequency component in an image of the pattern read by the reading portion in a period in which the reading portion reads an image of an original placed on the transparent member while moving in a first direction. The processor calculates a frequency component from the extracted frequency component in another position different from the position, in which the pattern is provided, with respect to the second direction crossing the first direction. The processor converts the calculated frequency component in the above-described another position into a time-series component. The processor corrects an image corresponding to the above-described another position by using the converted time-series component in the above-described another position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yuhi Sasaki, Koichi Tanaka, Jiro Shirakata
  • Publication number: 20220303471
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that obtains a video with a resolution of satisfactory quality and a small angle of view from a video with a large angle of view through real-time image processing. An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image of a standard video with a first angle of view, and a control unit that includes a first mode and a second mode as a video imaging mode and records video data of a video based on the optical image. The control unit executes first recording processing of recording video data of the standard video using the imaging element in the first mode. The control unit executes setting processing of setting a recording region with a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view in the standard video and second recording processing of recording a video data of a recorded video of the recording region in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11448894
    Abstract: A lens interchangeable digital camera includes an image sensor in which a subject image is formed on an imaging surface through an imaging optical system including a zoom lens and a sensor movement type shake correction mechanism that performs a sensor movement operation of moving the image sensor in a direction to cancel a shake. A zoom operation determination unit determines whether or not a zoom operation in which the zoom lens moves is being performed. In a case where the zoom operation determination unit determines that the zoom operation is being performed, an operation deciding unit prohibits a shift operation which is at least a part of a sensor movement operation which is allowed while the zoom operation is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Hideo Kobayashi, Seiichi Izawa
  • Patent number: 11438521
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing section that captures first video data having a frame cycle of a first frame cycle and an exposure time for one frame shorter than the first frame cycle, an image acquisition section that acquires the first video data captured by the image capturing section, a detection section that detects a flicker of a light source in the first video data, and an image capturing frame cycle control section that controls the frame cycle of the image capturing in the image capturing section. The image capturing frame cycle control section changes the frame cycle of the first video data captured by the image capturing section from the first frame cycle to a second frame cycle, which is a frame cycle shorter than the first frame cycle, in a case where the detection section detects the flicker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yukinori Nishiyama, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220279136
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method in which, in a configuration in which a part of a captured video is extracted and displayed, the adjustment of an exposure amount and the video display in a case in which an extracted region is changed are appropriately executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20220279106
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method capable of obtaining a good image quality of a video obtained by extracting a part of a captured video even in a case in which a position of the extracted region is changed. The video creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a setting step of setting, in an imaging region of a first video having a first angle of view, a plurality of regions having a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view, a designation step of designating, out of a first region and a second region included in the plurality of regions, the second region having a smaller appropriate exposure amount than the first region as a reference region, and a condition determination step of determining at least one condition of an exposure time in a case in which the first video is captured or a stop amount for an incidence ray on the imaging lens based on the appropriate exposure amount of the reference region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO