Patents by Inventor Masashi Ota

Masashi Ota 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: 20200079109
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a body including a recording side to be disposed opposite a recording medium and an operation face opposite the recording side. The image forming apparatus further include an image forming device supported on the recording side and configured to form an image on the recording medium, an operation input device configured to input an image formation instruction, and a power operation device configured to power on and off the image forming apparatus. On the operation face, the operation input device is disposed at a first position shifted from a center position on the operation face in a predetermined direction, and the power operation device is disposed at a second position located on an opposite side of the first position with respect to the center position on the operation face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi OTA, Tomoya FUJII, Munekazu HIRATA, Satoshi NARAI, Kunihiko NISHIOKA, Yohei OSANAI, Takayuki ANDOH, Masatoshi ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 9610626
    Abstract: A bend die comprises a clamp member having a first groove part of half-circular cross section on its outer peripheral surface with a fitting recess formed on the first groove part and extending in a peripheral direction by a first predetermined length on a planar surface perpendicular to a rotary axis, and a counter pressure member having a second groove part of half-circular cross section formed on its outer peripheral surface, and a fitting protrusion extending in a peripheral direction by a second predetermined length from a tip end portion of the second groove part. The fitting protrusion is positioned in the fitting recess so that a pipe-receiving groove of half-circular cross section is formed. The first and second groove parts are hingedly connected to one another about the rotary axis so as to be rotated relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SANGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nozu, Koji Suzuki, Masashi Ota
  • Publication number: 20160354823
    Abstract: A bend die comprises a clamp member having a first groove part of half-circular cross section on its outer peripheral surface with a fitting recess formed on the first groove part and extending in a peripheral direction by a first predetermined length on a planar surface perpendicular to a rotary axis, and a counter pressure member having a second groove part of half-circular cross section formed on its outer peripheral surface, and a fitting protrusion extending in a peripheral direction by a second predetermined length from a tip end portion of the second groove part. The fitting protrusion is positioned in the fitting recess so that a pipe-receiving groove of half-circular cross section is formed. The first and second groove parts are hingedly connected to one another about the rotary axis so as to be rotated relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: SANGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro NOZU, Koji SUZUKI, Masashi OTA
  • Patent number: 8610763
    Abstract: A display controller includes an extraction unit for extracting a characteristic of at least one of image data and sound data of content; a detection unit for detecting a predetermined scene of the content on the basis of the characteristic extracted by the extraction unit; a reproduction unit for reproducing the content; and a display control unit for displaying an image of the content so as to be recognized as a two-dimensional image when the reproduction position of the content is a position of a section of the predetermined scene detected by the detection unit and displaying an image of the content so as to be recognized as a three-dimensional image when the reproduction position of the content is a position outside the section of the predetermined scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Ota, Noboru Murabayashi
  • Patent number: 8538197
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus capable of preventing colors from changing while being displayed when images are combined. The image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a video graphic processor that combines a plurality of image signals to generate a combined image signal and an HDMI Tx that transmits, when the combined image signal is transmitted, an identification flag of one of a first color space standard and a second color space standard having a color gamut wider than a color gamut of the first color space standard as the color space standard of the combined image signal and a host CPU decides the first or second color space standard so as to prevent change in color while being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Osamu Kano, Kei Hisano, Masashi Ota
  • Patent number: 8515264
    Abstract: A video display control apparatus that includes a system controller that determines a reproduction speed of a video, and sets a parallax parameter corresponding to the reproduction speed of the video. The video display control apparatus also includes a content control unit that controls reproduction of the video based on the parallax parameter set by the system controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Ota, Noboru Murabayashi
  • Patent number: 8401322
    Abstract: There is provided an image recording device, including: a highly-gradating unit for highly-gradating an input image having a first gradation depth, thereby generating a high gradation image having a second gradation depth higher than the first gradation depth; an image quantizing unit for quantizing the high gradation image generated by the highly-gradating unit such that a quantization error is modulated into a band with relatively low sensitivity of human visual characteristics, thereby generating a recording target image having a third gradation depth lower than the second gradation depth; an encoding unit for encoding the recording target image generated by the quantizing unit; and a recording unit for recording the recording target image encoded by the encoding unit in a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimichi Hamada, Masashi Ota, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Hiromasa Naganuma, Yoichi Hirota
  • Patent number: 8363167
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processing system performing processing on an original image; and a gradation conversion section having a gradation conversion function of receiving image data from the processing system, converting a number of bits of the image data, and expressing pseudo grayscales before the gradation conversion in a grayscale converted image, the gradation conversion section being capable of changing the gradation conversion function and performing conversion processing on the image, wherein the gradation conversion section adds and outputs a determination flag indicating whether the gradation conversion processing has been performed at the time of outputting the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Ota, Toshimichi Hamada, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Hiromasa Naganuma, Yoichi Hirota, Naomasa Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120069162
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a recording unit that records a 3D content including a left eye image and a right eye image; a parallax adjusting unit that adjusts parallax between the left eye image and the right eye image of the 3D content according to a recording rate or a transmission rate of the 3D content; and a transmission control unit that transmits the 3D content including the left eye image and the right eye image with the adjusted parallax to respective terminals as a transmission destination through a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi OTA, Noboru Murabayashi
  • Publication number: 20120057845
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a selection section to select frames of thumbnail targets, as thumbnail frames, from a moving image including frames continuous in terms of time; a division section to divide the selected thumbnail frames in units of pages each including thumbnail frames continuous in terms of time; a reproduction speed input section to receive a designation of a reproduction speed of the moving image; a reproduction processing section to reproduce the moving image at the designated reproduction speed; and a thumbnail display processing section to display thumbnail images in the units of pages including a latest thumbnail image with a thumbnail image of a thumbnail frame closest to a time of day of the reproduced moving image as the latest thumbnail image, and display the thumbnail images that include at least the latest thumbnail image and are continuous in a time sequence in a distinguishable form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michimasa Obana, Hiroshige Okamoto, Masashi Ota
  • Patent number: 8091396
    Abstract: A method for forming a part of deformed cross section with non-rotation symmetry on an end portion of a cylindrical workpiece. The method includes steps of performing a first relative motion of a roller against the workpiece toward its one open end, and performing a second relative motion of the roller against at least a part of outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the workpiece toward the inside thereof, while the roller is rotated relative to the workpiece by one rotation, in such a state as being held to be in contact with the end portion, in a plane which is perpendicular to the moving direction of the first relative motion, and which includes a position where the roller contacts the outer peripheral surface of the end portion, and performing a rotational motion of the roller relatively rotating around the workpiece, while performing the second relative motion, with the roller being held to be in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sango Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Irie, Masashi Ota
  • Publication number: 20110286720
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a storage to store video data including a plurality of frames and feature frame information related to a feature frame including a predetermined video feature among the plurality of frames; a reproduction unit to reproduce the stored video data; an operation reception unit to receive a search operation of a user instructing to perform fast-forward or rewind of the reproduced video data at an arbitrary speed; and a controller to extract, when the search operation is received, a predetermined number of candidate frames from a frame at a time point the search operation is received, sort a plurality of frames between which the feature frame is not interposed from the candidate frames, extract a partial image from different parts of the plurality of sorted frames, generate a coupling frame by coupling the partial images in time series, and control to reproduce the coupling frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michimasa Obana, Hiroshige Okamoto, Masashi Ota
  • Publication number: 20110116771
    Abstract: A video display control apparatus that includes a system controller that determines a reproduction speed of a video, and sets a parallax parameter corresponding to the reproduction speed of the video. The video display control apparatus also includes a content control unit that controls reproduction of the video based on the parallax parameter set by the system controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi OTA, Noboru Murabayashi
  • Publication number: 20110109732
    Abstract: A display controller includes: an extraction means for extracting a characteristic of at least one of image data and sound data of content; a detection means for detecting a predetermined scene of the content on the basis of the characteristic extracted by the extraction means; a reproduction means for reproducing the content; and a display control means for displaying an image of the content so as to be recognized as a two-dimensional image when the reproduction position of the content is a position of a section of the predetermined scene detected by the detection means and displaying an image of the content so as to be recognized as a three-dimensional image when the reproduction position of the content is a position outside the section of the predetermined scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi OTA, Noboru Murabayashi
  • Publication number: 20110018979
    Abstract: A display controller includes: an extraction means for extracting a characteristic of at least one of image data and sound data of content; a detection means for detecting a predetermined section of the content for which an evaluation value calculated on the basis of the characteristic extracted by the extraction means is equal to or larger than a threshold value; and a display control means for controlling display of a representative image of each scene of the content, the display control means displaying a representative image of a scene of the predetermined section so as to be recognized as a three-dimensional image and displaying a representative image of a scene outside the predetermined section so as to be recognized as a two-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Ota, Noboru Murabayashi
  • Publication number: 20110019931
    Abstract: There is provided an image recording device, including: a highly-gradating unit for highly-gradating an input image having a first gradation depth, thereby generating a high gradation image having a second gradation depth higher than the first gradation depth; an image quantizing unit for quantizing the high gradation image generated by the highly-gradating unit such that a quantization error is modulated into a band with relatively low sensitivity of human visual characteristics, thereby generating a recording target image having a third gradation depth lower than the second gradation depth; an encoding unit for encoding the recording target image generated by the quantizing unit; and a recording unit for recording the recording target image encoded by the encoding unit in a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimichi HAMADA, Masashi Ota, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Hiromasa Naganuma, Yoichi Hirota
  • Publication number: 20100157154
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus capable of preventing colors from changing while being displayed when images are combined. The image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a video graphic processor 12 that combines a plurality of image signals to generate a combined image signal and an HDMI Tx 14 that transmits, when the combined image signal is transmitted, an identification flag of one of a first color space standard and a second color space standard having a color gamut wider than a color gamut of the first color space standard as the color space standard of the combined image signal and a host CPU 13 decides the first or second color space standard so as to prevent change in color while being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Osamu Kano, Kei Hisano, Masashi Ota
  • Publication number: 20100110301
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processing system performing processing on an original image; and a gradation conversion section having a gradation conversion function of receiving image data from the processing system, converting a number of bits of the image data, and expressing pseudo grayscales before the gradation conversion in a grayscale converted image, the gradation conversion section being capable of changing the gradation conversion function and performing conversion processing on the image, wherein the gradation conversion section adds and outputs a determination flag indicating whether the gradation conversion processing has been performed at the time of outputting the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Ota, Toshimichi Hamada, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Hiromasa Naganuma, Yoichi Hirota, Naomasa Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100104211
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: ?? modulation means for applying ?? modulation to an image; analog conversion means for converting a signal of the image, whose gradation is converted by the ?? modulation means, into an analog signal; digital output means for outputting a digital signal of the image after gradation conversion; and analog output means for outputting an analog signal of the image after gradation conversion. The ?? modulation means includes arithmetic means for filtering a quantization error; adding means for adding a pixel value of the image and output of the arithmetic means; quantization means for quantizing output of the adding means and outputting a quantized value; and subtracting means for calculating a difference between the output of the adding means and the quantized value. A filter coefficient for the filtering corresponding to the analog output is determined according to a frequency characteristic of the analog conversion means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Hirota, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Masashi Ota, Toshimichi Hamada, Hiromasa Naganuma, Makoto Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20100079483
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus prevents the inappropriate application of error diffusion and adaptively applies palette conversion functions according to the properties of the source. A processing subsystem performs various processing with respect to an original video source. A palette converter converts the palette bit depth, having modifiable palette conversion functions for creating the illusion of expressing the pre-conversion palette tones in the post-conversion image. A controller turns on the palette converter, turns off the palette converter, or modifies the palette conversion functions thereof, in accordance with at least original source information and system-wide settings information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromasa Naganuma, Masashi Ota, Toshimichi Hamada, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Yoichi Hirota, Naomasa Takahashi