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).

  • Patent number: 12149838
    Abstract: An imaging element incorporates a reading portion that reads out captured image data at a first frame rate, a storage portion that stores the image data, a processing portion that processes the image data, and an output portion that outputs the processed image data at a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate. The reading portion reads out the image data of each of a plurality of frames in parallel. The storage portion stores, in parallel, each image data read out in parallel by the reading portion. The processing portion performs generation processing of generating output image data of one frame using the image data of each of the plurality of frames stored in the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Ryo Hasegawa, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12140700
    Abstract: A meteorological lidar capable of measuring vertical distributions of temperature, water vapor concentration, aerosol, wind direction/wind speed, ozone concentration, CO2 concentration, etc., stably and continuously day and night is provided. A meteorological lidar that emits a laser beam of a specific wavelength into the air and measures scattered light generated by the laser beam includes an optical system that emits a laser beam into the air, and a dust-proof part that makes an enclosing space of the optical system clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: EKO INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Hasegawa, Eiji Takeuchi, Makoto Tsukamoto, Masanori Yabuki
  • Publication number: 20240372959
    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: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Ryo HASEGAWA, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Kazufumi SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 12133018
    Abstract: An imaging element includes a storage portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores image data obtained by imaging, a control portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and controls storage of the image data in the storage portion and stores attribute information of the image data in the storage portion, an output portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs the image data stored in the storage portion, and a reception portion that receives an instruction related to the attribute information, in which the output portion outputs the attribute information corresponding to the instruction received by the reception portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Ryo Hasegawa, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 12122474
    Abstract: A control device 20 of a rideable mobile body 1 determines a target speed of the rideable mobile body 1 according to at least the steering operation by a rider, and controls the travel of the rideable mobile body 1 according to the target speed. In the processing for determining a target speed, the target speed is restricted according to the positional relationship between a virtual wall set in a travel environment of the rideable mobile body 1 and the rideable mobile body 1. Thus, the comfort of the rider is secured while the travel of the rideable mobile body is restricted by the virtual wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Ozaki, Masaki Goto, Tomokazu Sakamoto, Takeshi Echizenya, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20240337787
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an illumination device, a plurality of first projection portions and a plurality of second projection portions are provided in a second area of a first light guide, a thickness of the first light guide becomes less as a location thereof which is further away from a first side surface and closer to a first central portion, a plurality of third projection portions and a plurality of fourth projection portions are provided in a third area of a second light guide, and the third area has a constant thickness and a fourth area of the second light guide is a recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA
  • Patent number: 12114073
    Abstract: An imaging element includes a memory that stores first image data obtained by being captured by the imaging element and is incorporated in the imaging element, and a first processor that is configured to perform image data processing on the first image data and is incorporated in the imaging element. The first processor is configured to receive vibration information related to a vibration exerted on the imaging element within a frame output period defined by a first frame rate, and output second image data obtained by assigning the vibration information to a specific position set in the first image data within the frame output period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Sugawara, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Ryo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12111589
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing member that has an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface, is rotatably provided, comes into contact with, of a recording material on which an image is formed, a surface on which the image is formed, and fixes the image to the recording material, a rotating member that is rotatably provided and includes, at an outer peripheral portion, a contact surface coming into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing member, and a removing member that is disposed to be in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member, is rotatably provided, and removes an attached object attached to the outer peripheral surface using a rotation speed difference with respect to the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Ohashi, Takashi Matsubara, Takuma Ishihara, Yasutaka Naito, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12097703
    Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator includes a common electrode on a piezoelectric layer at a first side adjacent to a first surface and extends over a plurality of piezoelectric elements. A plurality of first individual electrodes is on the piezoelectric layer at a second side adjacent to a second surface. Each of the plurality of first individual electrodes is at a piezoelectric element of the plurality of piezoelectric elements, and are not electrically connected together. A first insulating layer is on the common electrode at the first side and extends over the plurality of piezoelectric elements. A plurality of second individual electrodes is on the first insulating layer at the first side. Each of the plurality of second individual electrodes is at a piezoelectric element of the plurality of piezoelectric elements, and overlap centers of the plurality of first individual electrodes. The plurality of second individual electrodes are electrically connected together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Tabata, Makoto Higashibeppu, Takeshi Hirayama, Yukihiro Hasegawa, Gen Shimura, Takashi Miyahara, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 12099273
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and high emitting efficiency. A concrete structure of the inventions is as follows. A lighting device including a first light guide and a second light guide stacked on the first light guide, a reflecting sheet disposed under the first light guide, and a prism sheet disposed on the first light guide, in which a concentric first prism array is formed on the prism sheet, a plurality of first LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a first hole of the first light guide, a plurality of second LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a second hole of the second light guide, and the plurality of the first LEDs and the plurality of the second LEDs are displaced in azimuth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
  • Patent number: 12085270
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination apparatus capable of forming ring-shaped irradiation light by using a simple configuration. Also provided is an illumination apparatus capable of freely changing a shape of the ring-shaped irradiation light. In order to achieve these objects, the present invention has the following means. That is, the illumination apparatus includes a first reflector having a first hole where a light source is arranged, a second hole that emits light, and a reflecting curved surface that connects the first hole and the second hole with each other, a light shield arranged at an area including a center of the second hole as seen in plan view, an opening portion formed in a ring-shaped manner between an inner edge of the second hole and an outer edge of the light shield, and a liquid crystal lens arranged so as to cover the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Masafumi Okada
  • Patent number: 12075181
    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: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Ryo Hasegawa, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20240284049
    Abstract: An imaging element incorporates a memory and a processor. The memory stores image data obtained by performing imaging at a first frame rate. The processor is configured to output the image data at a second frame rate. In addition, the processor derives shake degree information indicating a degree of shake included in an image indicated by the image data, using the image data, and outputs the derived shake degree information at a rate greater than or equal to the second frame rate. The first frame rate is a frame rate greater than or equal to the second frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kazufumi SUGAWARA, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Ryo HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240283891
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by a control unit included in an information processing device includes: a step of acquiring a video including an image of a region occupied by a subject, the image being extracted from a captured image obtained by capturing the subject; a step of deciding, by a first decision method, a first projection surface as a projection surface on which the video is to be displayed from among a plurality of projection surfaces; a step of deciding, by a second decision method, a second projection surface as a projection surface on which the video is to be displayed from among the plurality of projection surfaces; a step of deciding a display projection surface as a projection surface on which the video is to be displayed from among the plurality of projection surfaces on the basis of the first projection surface decided by the first decision method and the second projection surface decided by the second decision method; and a step of causing the video to be projected on the deci
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi NAMIKAWA, Kenya SUZUKI, Taiji NAKAMURA, Makoto MUTO, Nobuhiro HIRACHI, Seiichi KONYA, Keisuke HASEGAWA, Takashi MIYATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240259700
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element and a second processor. The imaging element incorporates a memory which stores image data obtained by imaging at a first frame rate, and a first processor configured to output the image data at a second frame rate independent of the first frame rate. The image data is input into the second processor from the first processor. The first processor is configured to acquire positional information indicating a position of an image recognition region set as a processing target of image recognition processing in the image data. The second processor is configured to perform the image recognition processing on the image recognition region based on the positional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Kazufumi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20240255691
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an illumination device, a second light guide includes a plurality of fourth projecting portions provided in a first area of a fifth main surface opposing a prism sheet, a plurality of fifth projecting portions provided in a second area of a fifth main surface, and a plurality of sixth projecting portions on a sixth main surface opposing the fifth main surface, cross-sectional shapes of the fourth projecting portions and the fifth projecting portions are scalene triangles, and the fourth projecting portions and the fifth projecting portions are arranged in respective positions line-symmetrical position with respect to each other in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA
  • Patent number: 12052517
    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: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Hasegawa, Tomoyuki Kawai, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 12041362
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element that incorporates a memory which stores image data obtained by imaging an imaging region at a first frame rate, and a first processor configured to output the image data at a second frame rate less than or equal to the first frame rate, and an imaging lens including a focus lens, in which the first processor is configured to generate combined image data based on the image data of the number of frames decided in accordance with a depth of field with respect to the imaging region out of the image data of a plurality of frames obtained by imaging the imaging region at different positions of the focus lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurabu, Ryo Hasegawa, Tomoyuki Kawai, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20240219622
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first projecting portion on a first main surface and a second projecting portion on a second main surface on an opposite side to the first main surface in a first area of a first guide, a third projecting portion on a third main surface opposing the second main surface and a fourth projecting portion on a fourth main surface on an opposite side to the third main surface, in a third area of a second guide, and the first projecting portion and the third projecting portion have a cross sectional shape of a scalene triangle and the second projecting portion and the fourth projecting portion have a cross sectional shape of an isosceles triangle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA
  • Patent number: 12018831
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Masafumi Okada, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Makoto Hasegawa