Patents by Inventor Koichi Tashiro

Koichi 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: 8875056
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, multiple thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, an arrangement determination section for arranging multiple thumbnail images displayed in the multiple content display mode by category to which the contents belong, an arrangement change section for changing an arrangement of multiple thumbnail images by a user, and a boundary line display section for displaying, between two thumbnail images, a boundary line indicating a difference of the category before the arrangement of the thumbnail images is changed by the user, and for not displaying the boundary line after changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Onogi, Koichi Tashiro, Naoya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8869214
    Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus including a transmission signal input/output unit for receiving a signal including a control signal for controlling an internal state from another device or outputting the signal to the other device, an application acquisition unit for properly accessing an application server over a network and properly acquiring the application, a display control unit for controlling a display based on the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and an operation control unit for executing the application acquired by the application acquisition unit and controlling an operation of the other device connected to the transmission signal input/output unit. The operation control unit permits the other device to transmit its status upon initiation of the execution of the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and prohibits the other device from transmitting the status upon termination of the application execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi, Keisuke Satou
  • Publication number: 20140250172
    Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi
  • Patent number: 8793415
    Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi
  • Patent number: 8789103
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, and a panel shape determination section for determining a shape of the panel based on the contents to be displayed on the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Onogi, Koichi Tashiro, Naoya Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140119970
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine is provided that includes: a fixed scroll; an orbiting scroll opposed to the fixed scroll, the orbiting scroll orbiting with a plurality of compression chambers formed between the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll; a drive shaft driving the orbiting scroll; and a backside plate provided between the drive shaft and the orbiting scroll, an alignment hole being provided in each of the orbiting scroll and the backside plate, and an alignment pin for alignment and a seal member for sealing the compression chambers being provided in the alignment holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systmes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio KOBAYASHI, Kiminori IWANO, Yoshiyuki KANEMOTO, Koichi TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 8647085
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine with ensured reliability of an oil seal and a bearing even in a compressor operation at high rpm and high load is provided, which includes: a fixed scroll; an orbiting scroll facing the fixed scroll and having a boss provided on a face opposite to the fixed scroll; a drive shaft having a leading end mounted to the boss; an orbiting bearing supporting the drive shaft in connection with the orbiting scroll; and a seal member placed between the boss and the drive shaft to seal against a lubricant supplied to the orbiting bearing. The seal member has an oil lip producing action of moving the lubricant toward the orbiting bearing by rotation of the drive shaft. A communication passage is provided in the oil lip for communication between a space between the orbiting bearing and the seal member and a space outside the boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Iwano, Susumu Sakamoto, Yoshio Kobayashi, Koichi Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20130265402
    Abstract: In a transmission device used in a wireless video transmission system in which a medical image is transmitted and received by radio communication, a transmission unit is capable of performing radio communication with a plurality of receiving devices connected to a plurality of display apparatuses. A control unit acquires an identifier for identifying a receiving device connected to a selected single display apparatus when an instruction is received to select one display apparatus on which the medical image is to be displayed from among the display apparatuses, and controls the transmission unit such that the identifier will be used when the medical image is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Hideki TASHIRO, Koichi TASHIRO, Junichi TASHIRO, Masashi UMEMURA, Kyuma TANIDA
  • Patent number: 8364868
    Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi
  • Patent number: 8281045
    Abstract: A device control device includes a transmission signal receiving/outputting unit configured to receive/output a signal containing a control signal for controlling an internal status from/to another device, the other device being connected to the transmission signal receiving/outputting unit, an application obtaining unit configured to obtain an application as necessary by accessing an application server via a network, a display control unit configured to control display based on the application obtained by the application obtaining unit, and an operation control unit configured to control an operation of the other device by performing the application obtained by the application obtaining unit. The display control unit changes content to be displayed in accordance with a type of the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi
  • Publication number: 20120189480
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine includes: a casing; a fixed scroll having an end plate, a spiral wrap part provided on the end plate, and a flange provided outside the wrap part and fitted to the casing; and an orbiting scroll having an end plate and a spiral wrap part provided on the end plate with a plurality of compression chambers formed in a space up to the wrap part of the fixed scroll, which is provided to perform an orbiting motion, wherein the flange is provided with a deformation absorbing part which absorbs deformation due to thermal expansion of the end plate. The scroll fluid machine is improved in reliability while the compression efficiency is maintained by preventing the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll from coming into contact with each other without increasing a clearance between the wrap parts of both scrolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shumpei YAMAZAKI, Kazutaka SUEFUJI, Yoshio KOBAYASHI, Koichi TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 8219859
    Abstract: A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface (second GUI) created by the second controller, wherein: first error information that is error information obtained from the first controller side and second error information that is error information obtained from the second controller side are shared by the first and second controllers, and are reflected on the first and second GUIs on the basis of the first and second error information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sekiguchi, Masaru Ito, Koichi Tashiro, Nobuyuki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8189993
    Abstract: A medical support control device to display on a display device an image captured by a medical device. The control device has access to a storage unit for storing display format types of the image displayed on the base of video signals output from the medical device and a prescribed order for the display format types, and a display switching unit for causing the display unit to display the image in the format in the prescribed order based on a display format switching signal from an operation unit of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Koichi Tashiro, Masaru Ito
  • Patent number: 8154589
    Abstract: A medical operation system includes a controller for controlling a plurality of medical equipments, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of medical equipments and the controller in two-way communications, an information recorder which records, together with time information, information regarding the plurality of medical equipments transmitted and received by the communication unit, a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data, and a display output unit for visualizing the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Akinobu Uchikubo, Koichi Tashiro, Chie Imamiya, Takeaki Nakamura, Masakazu Gotanda
  • Publication number: 20120009077
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine with ensured reliability of an oil seal and a bearing even in a compressor operation at high rpm and high load is provided, which includes: a fixed scroll; an orbiting scroll facing the fixed scroll and having a boss provided on a face opposite to the fixed scroll; a drive shaft having a leading end mounted to the boss; an orbiting bearing supporting the drive shaft in connection with the orbiting scroll; and a seal member placed between the boss and the drive shaft to seal against a lubricant supplied to the orbiting bearing. The seal member has an oil lip producing action of moving the lubricant toward the orbiting bearing by rotation of the drive shaft. A communication passage is provided in the oil lip for communication between a space between the orbiting bearing and the seal member and a space outside the boss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiminori Iwano, Susumu Sakamoto, Yoshio Kobayashi, Koichi Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110256001
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor provided with a piston, which is compact and having high sealing performance is provided. A reciprocating compressor includes: a low-pressure compressor unit having a low-pressure piston and a low-pressure cylinder for compressing air with the low-pressure piston reciprocating while oscillating within the low-pressure cylinder; a high-pressure compressor unit having a high-pressure piston and a high-pressure cylinder for further compressing the air compressed in the low-pressure compressor unit with the high-pressure piston reciprocating while oscillating within the high-pressure cylinder; and a motor for driving the low-pressure compressor unit and the high-pressure compressor unit. A maximum tilt angle during oscillation of the low-pressure piston is made larger than a maximum tilt angle during oscillation of the high-pressure piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisatoshi KOBAYASHI, Akito Ohata, Susumu Sakamoto, Koichi Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110164181
    Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi
  • Publication number: 20110167465
    Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus including a transmission signal input/output unit for receiving a signal including a control signal for controlling an internal state from another device or outputting the signal to the other device, an application acquisition unit for properly accessing an application server over a network and properly acquiring the application, a display control unit for controlling a display based on the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and an operation control unit for executing the application acquired by the application acquisition unit and controlling an operation of the other device connected to the transmission signal input/output unit. The operation control unit permits the other device to transmit its status upon initiation of the execution of the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and prohibits the other device from transmitting the status upon termination of the application execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi, Keisuke Satou
  • Publication number: 20110157479
    Abstract: A device control device includes a transmission signal receiving/outputting unit configured to receive/output a signal containing a control signal for controlling an internal status from/to another device, the other device being connected to the transmission signal receiving/outputting unit, an application obtaining unit configured to obtain an application as necessary by accessing an application server via a network, a display control unit configured to control display based on the application obtained by the application obtaining unit, and an operation control unit configured to control an operation of the other device by performing the application obtained by the application obtaining unit. The display control unit changes content to be displayed in accordance with a type of the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi
  • Patent number: 7951070
    Abstract: An object observation method and system including an endoscope, at least one treating device, a first detecting portion for detecting information indicating an observation direction of the endoscope, a second detecting portion for detecting information indicating a treatment direction of the treating device, a three dimensional virtual image data storing portion for storing three dimensional image data prepared in advance, a virtual image data processing portion for creating virtual image data based on the information indicating the observation direction and the treatment direction, first and second three dimensional image display monitors, each having first and second image display devices, and switch sections for instructing change of display mode of the second image display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Koichi Tashiro, Masaya Fujita, Masakazu Gotanda, Akinobu Uchikubo, Takeaki Nakamura