Patents by Inventor Makoto Hasegawa

Makoto Hasegawa 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: 20230280013
    Abstract: The purpose is to realize a lighting device of thin, small light distribution angle, and less leak light. Further, the purpose is to realize a lighting device which can control light beam accurately with liquid crystal lenses. The structure of the invention is as follows. A lighting device including: a reflector cylinder including a mirror thereinside; and a liquid crystal lens assembly that is disposed at a light emitting surface of the reflector cylinder and includes a plurality of liquid crystal lenses being stacked, in which the liquid crystal lens assembly includes a light shading film which defines a light emitting area of the liquid crystal lens assembly and which is formed in parallel with the light emitting surface of the reflector cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi OKADA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Makoto HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230283916
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging element and a second imaging element. The second imaging element includes a storage portion that stores first image data output from the first imaging element, and a processing portion that processes second image data. A second image indicated by the second image data has a higher resolution than a first image indicated by the first image data. The second imaging element outputs the first image data stored in the storage portion to a specific output destination in a case where a specific subject image is not detected, and outputs the second image data or combined image data obtained by combining the first image data with the second image data using the processing portion to the output destination in a case where the specific subject image is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Kazufumi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230269344
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging element including a reception interface that receives an imaging synchronization signal related to a timing of imaging and at least one output synchronization signal related to a timing of output of image data obtained by imaging from an outside of the imaging element, a memory that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores the image data obtained by imaging at a first frame rate in accordance with the imaging synchronization signal received by the reception interface, and an output circuit that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs the image data stored in the memory at a second frame rate in accordance with the output synchronization signal received by the reception interface, in which the first frame rate is greater than or equal to the second frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Ryo HASEGAWA, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Kazufumi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230266619
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a light guide plate with a plurality of first protrusion parts arranged along a first direction and extending along a second direction which crosses the first direction, and a prism sheet, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the first protrusion parts along the first direction has an apex angle between 55 degrees and 65 degrees, inclusive, the light guide plate includes a plurality of second protrusion parts which extend along the first direction and are arranged along the second direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the second protrusion parts along the second direction has a base angle between 1 degree and 3 degrees, inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Masafumi OKADA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Makoto HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230258304
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of small light distribution angle and less leakage light and further to realize a lighting device in which the light beam is easy to control. The following is an example of the structure to meet the above purpose. A lighting device including: a light guide; LEDs set at a side surface of the light guide; a prism sheet set on a major surface of the light guide, in which a first louver which extends in a first direction and, a second louver which extends in an orthogonal direction to the first direction are superposed on the prism sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Takeo KOITO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20230239066
    Abstract: An optical transmission system includes a transmitting node that transmits wavelength light of an operational path to an optical waveguide, and a receiving node that receives the wavelength light from the optical waveguide. The transmitting node includes a light source that generates spontaneously emitted light and a wavelength selector that generates and outputs dummy wavelength light from the spontaneously emitted light generated by the light source. The receiving node includes an extractor that extracts spectral data of the dummy wavelength light passed in the optical waveguide. The optical transmission system further includes an obtainer that obtains a band state of the operational path from the spectral data of the dummy wavelength light extracted by the extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoaki WATANABE, Atsushi Kiyama, Makoto HASEGAWA, Yoshito Kachita
  • Publication number: 20230235863
    Abstract: A lighting device including a first unit and a second unit, the first unit including: a first funnel shaped reflector having a first neck, a first opening, a first reflecting surface and a first light axis, a first LED emitting a first color disposed on the first neck, a first liquid crystal lens disposed at the first opening, a second unit including: a second funnel shaped reflector having a second neck, a second opening, a second reflecting surface and a second light axis, a second LED emitting a second color disposed on the second neck, a second liquid crystal lens disposed at the second opening; a length h1 of the first funnel shaped reflector is same as a length of the second funnel shaped reflector, and a diameter d1 of the first opening is same as a diameter of the second opening, and h1/d1 is two or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi OTA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Makoto HASEGAWA, Masafumi OKADA
  • Patent number: 11689816
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a storage portion that stores image data obtained by imaging, and a processing portion that processes the image data, in which the processing portion performs processing of reducing the image data, performs first detection processing of detecting a specific subject image showing a specific subject from a reduced image indicated by reduced image data obtained by reducing the image data, and in a case where the specific subject image is not detected by the first detection processing, performs second detection processing on pre-reduction image data that is the image data before reduction stored in the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurabu, Ryo Hasegawa, Tomoyuki Kawai, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11677895
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging element including a reception interface that receives an imaging synchronization signal related to a timing of imaging and at least one output synchronization signal related to a timing of output of image data obtained by imaging from an outside of the imaging element, a memory that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores the image data obtained by imaging at a first frame rate in accordance with the imaging synchronization signal received by the reception interface, and an output circuit that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs the image data stored in the memory at a second frame rate in accordance with the output synchronization signal received by the reception interface, in which the first frame rate is greater than or equal to the second frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Ryo Hasegawa, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11678070
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging element and a second imaging element. The second imaging element includes a storage portion that stores first image data output from the first imaging element, and a processing portion that processes second image data. A second image indicated by the second image data has a higher resolution than a first image indicated by the first image data. The second imaging element outputs the first image data stored in the storage portion to a specific output destination in a case where a specific subject image is not detected, and outputs the second image data or combined image data obtained by combining the first image data with the second image data using the processing portion to the output destination in a case where the specific subject image is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Hasegawa, Tomoyuki Kawai, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20230179887
    Abstract: An imaging element includes a reading circuit that reads out pixel data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the read pixel data, and an output circuit that outputs image data based on the stored pixel data at a second frame rate. The first frame rate is a frame rate higher than the second frame rate. The pixel data includes phase difference pixel data and non-phase difference pixel data different from the phase difference pixel data. The reading circuit reads out the pixel data of each of a plurality of frames in parallel within an output period defined by the second frame rate as a period in which the image data of one frame is output, and performs reading of the non-phase difference pixel data and a plurality of reading of the phase difference pixel data within the output period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hitoshi SAKURABU, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Ryo HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20230176507
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a first roller that is arranged in a region where an image formed on a recording medium is fixed to the recording medium and that heats the recording medium, a second roller that is arranged to face the first roller in the region and pressurizes the recording medium toward the first roller, a fan that sends air to the second roller, and a processor configured to control the fan, in which the second roller has a shape in which a diameter of an end portion in a longitudinal axis direction is larger than a diameter of a central portion in the longitudinal axis direction, the first roller and the second roller fix the image to the recording medium in the region, and the processor is configured to change a rotation speed of the fan between the central portion and the end portion of the second roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Yasutaka NAITO
  • Publication number: 20230174331
    Abstract: A paper transport device includes a transport mechanism that transports paper to which an image is transferred to a fixing device while sucking the paper and a switching mechanism that switches between suction regions in a width direction of the transport mechanism, which corresponds to a width direction of the paper, according to a size of the paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasutaka NAITO, Koichi IMAZU, Noriyuki MIYOSHI, Kouichi KIMURA, Makoto HASEGAWA, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Masakatsu EDA
  • Patent number: 11668976
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a light guide plate with a plurality of first protrusion parts arranged along a first direction and extending along a second direction which crosses the first direction, and a prism sheet, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the first protrusion parts along the first direction has an apex angle between 55 degrees and 65 degrees, inclusive, the light guide plate includes a plurality of second protrusion parts which extend along the first direction and are arranged along the second direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the second protrusion parts along the second direction has a base angle between 1 degree and 3 degrees, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Okada, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20230168690
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a moving body control device, a moving body control method, and a non-transient computer-readable recording medium recording a program capable of moving multiple vehicles as a group with a higher degree of freedom. A moving body control device includes: a positional relationship grasping part that grasps a positional relationship of multiple vehicles; and a vehicle control part that controls a movement mode of the multiple vehicles based on the positional relationship. The vehicle control part controls the multiple vehicles to move as a group and, according to a movement result of a part of vehicles among the multiple vehicles, changes a movement mode of another vehicle different from the part of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko YAMAMOTO, Shota YAMAGUCHI, Naoto SHIKANO, Marika Mochizuki, Makoto HASEGAWA, Shinichiro KOBASHI
  • Publication number: 20230169469
    Abstract: A tutorial management device manages, for a user of a moving body, attendance of a pre-use tutorial on an operation method of the moving body conducted before use of the moving body. The tutorial management device includes: an exemption range determination part that determines an exemption range for the user who is exempted from attending a part or all of the pre-use tutorial based on a predetermined exemption condition; and a tutorial management part that manages the attendance of the pre-use tutorial by the user based on the exemption range determined by the exemption range determination part. The tutorial management part requires all of the pre-use tutorial to be attended when the user uses the moving body for a first time, and exempts the user from attending the exemption range among the pre-use tutorial when the user has used the moving body in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Sachiko YAMAMOTO, Naoto SHIKANO, Shinichiro KOBASHI, Kanako IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11655944
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of small light distribution angle and less leakage light and further to realize a lighting device in which the light beam is easy to control. The following is an example of the structure to meet the above purpose. A lighting device including: a light guide; LEDs set at a side surface of the light guide; a prism sheet set on a major surface of the light guide, in which a first louver which extends in a first direction and, a second louver which extends in an orthogonal direction to the first direction are superposed on the prism sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Takeo Koito, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
  • Publication number: 20230107865
    Abstract: A ridable moving object on which a user gets is provided. The ridable moving object includes a processor configured to execute a program to determine that the user has been away from the ridable moving object, detect a usage intention of another person different from the user for the ridable moving object, and generate an action command for causing the ridable moving object to perform a prescribed operation on a basis of setting information set for at least one of the user and the ridable moving object when it is determined that the user has been away from the ridable moving object and the usage intention of the another person for the ridable moving object has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Sachiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230108144
    Abstract: A mobile object management device that manages a boarding-type mobile object that moves within a predetermined area with a user on board includes an acquirer configured to acquire positional information of the boarding-type mobile object, a manager configured to manage the boarding-type mobile object and a terminal device of a user on the boarding-type mobile object in association with each other, and an event operation commander configured to cause the boarding-type mobile object to execute a predetermined operation in accordance with an event performed in the predetermined area via the terminal device of the user on the basis of the positional information and information on the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sachiko Yamamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Naoto Shikano, Shota Yamaguchi, Marika Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20230102926
    Abstract: A search system according to an embodiment is a search system including one or more boarding-type mobile objects moving within a predetermined area and a mobile object management server managing the boarding-type mobile objects and includes a receiver that receives registration of information on a search target, an imaging controller that activates an imager mounted on the one or more boarding-type mobile objects when the registration of the information on the search target is received by the receiver, an acquirer that acquires an image of surroundings of the boarding-type mobile object captured by the imager, and a determiner that determines whether the search target is included in the image acquired by the acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sachiko Yamamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Marika Mochizuki