Patents by Inventor Masayuki Aihara

Masayuki Aihara 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: 20180338095
    Abstract: An imaging system includes first imaging device (10a) and second imaging device (10b). First imaging device (10a) includes a first optical system having a first view angle, and a first imaging element. Second imaging device (10b) includes a second optical system having a second view angle that is wider than the first view angle, and a second imaging element. The second optical system is configured to form an image including a first region and a second region, which do not overlap each other, such that a resolution in the second region is higher than a resolution in the first region corresponding to an imaging range of the first view angle, in an imaging surface of a subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki AIHARA, Yoshio MATSUMURA, Shigenori YATSURI, Hiroyuki SHOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180332243
    Abstract: Imaging system (70) disposed at a rear part of moving body (100) includes imaging device (10) and image processing device (20). Imaging device (10) includes an imaging element and an optical system. The imaging element has a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner and generates image data. The optical system forms a subject image on an imaging surface of the imaging element. Image processing device (20) generates a captured image based on the image data. The imaging surface includes a first region corresponding to a first view angle and a second region corresponding to a second view angle that is larger than the first view angle. The optical system is configured so that resolution of the first region is higher than resolution of the second region excluding the first region. A center of the first region is disposed at a position deviated from a center of the imaging surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: MASAYUKI AIHARA, YOSHIO MATSUMURA, SHIGENORI YATSURI, HIROYUKI SHOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180160052
    Abstract: An imaging system includes: a first imaging apparatus including a first imaging element and a first optical system; and a generator that generates an image based on image data acquired from the first imaging element. The first optical system includes a first free-form surface lens that has a shape that allows an image to be formed on the first imaging element such that a resolution is different between a portion of a predetermined region and another portion of the predetermined region, the resolution being defined as a total number of imaging pixels that capture an image within a unit field angle on a horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki AIHARA, Shigenori YATSURI, Yoshio MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180120545
    Abstract: A distance measurement system includes: an imaging device including an imaging element where a plurality of imaging pixels are arranged in matrix, and an optical system forming an image of a predetermined region on an imaging surface of the imaging element; and a distance measurer determining a distance to a target object based on data of the image obtained from the imaging element, wherein the optical system includes a free-form surface lens having a rotationally asymmetric shape that forms the image on the imaging surface such that a resolution of a first region in front of the region is higher than that of a second region at a lateral side of the region, each of the resolutions being a ratio of the number of ones of the imaging pixels used to pick up an image included in per unit angle of view to a total number of the imaging pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki AIHARA, Shigenori YATSURI, Yoshio MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 9667857
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that performs sound processing suitable for each type of AF operation according to a lens f-number so that recorded sound is clear and contains little noise. The imaging apparatus includes a lens, a microphone for recording sound, and a filter configured to reduce noise contained in an output signal of the microphone. The noise reduction level of the filter is controlled according to the lens f-number so that the noise reduction level of the filter is increased when the lens f-number is large than when the lens f-number is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Aihara
  • Patent number: 9386364
    Abstract: This waterproof microphone device includes a plurality of microphones, a housing, and a plurality of air-impermeable cover members. The plurality of microphones pick up sound wave and output an audio signal. The housing individually houses the plurality of microphones. The housing includes a plurality of holes. The hole guides sound wave to the microphone. The plurality of air-impermeable cover members are mounted on the housing. The air-impermeable cover member seals off the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Panansonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Aihara
  • Publication number: 20160104473
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that performs sound processing suitable for each type of AF operation according to a lens f-number so that recorded sound is clear and contains little noise. The imaging apparatus includes a lens, a microphone for recording sound, and a filter configured to reduce noise contained in an output signal of the microphone. The noise reduction level of the filter is controlled according to the lens f-number so that the noise reduction level of the filter is increased when the lens f-number is large than when the lens f-number is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Masayuki AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20140185853
    Abstract: This waterproof microphone device includes a plurality of microphones, a housing, and a plurality of air-impermeable cover members. The plurality of microphones pick up sound wave and output an audio signal. The housing individually houses the plurality of microphones. The housing includes a plurality of holes. The hole guides sound wave to the microphone. The plurality of air-impermeable cover members are mounted on the housing. The air-impermeable cover member seals off the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: MASAYUKI AIHARA
  • Patent number: 8587934
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for an electronic device is provided that includes a speaker, a housing, and a cover. The housing holds the speaker and includes at least one through-hole to transmit sound produced by the speaker. The cover includes a first sheet and a second sheet laminated to the first sheet. The stiffness of the second sheet is greater than the stiffness of the first sheet, and the cover is fixed to the housing to seal the at least one through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Aihara
  • Publication number: 20120188690
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for an electronic device is provided that includes a speaker, a housing, and a cover. The housing holds the speaker and includes at least one through-hole to transmit sound produced by the speaker. The cover includes a first sheet and a second sheet laminated to the first sheet. The stiffness of the second sheet is greater than the stiffness of the first sheet, and the cover is fixed to the housing to seal the at least one through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki AIHARA
  • Patent number: 5337881
    Abstract: This invention relates to an overhead work suspension conveyor for conveying a piece of work, for example, a tailgate to a main body in an assembly line of a vehicle main body. An object of this invention is to efficiently and surely hold plural kinds of work pieces of different configurations in a suspended position and to permit their easy loading on a work conveyance mechanism. This invention therefore provides an overhead work suspension conveyor comprising a traverser main body, plural spindles turnably supported relative to the traverser main body, plural work support members fixed at upper ends thereof on the spindles and having work supports at lower ends thereof, said work supports being turnable responsive to turning of the corresponding spindles to support a piece of work at an outer periphery thereof, and a spindle drive mechanism arranged on the traverser main body and adapted to selectively turn the spindle depending on the kind of the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kakida, Noriyuki Inoue, Shoichi Okada, Yoshiki Nakamura, Wakaharu Ikeda, Akira Mikami, Akiyoshi Kimura, Masayuki Aihara, Hisashi Fujiwara, Yuji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5322156
    Abstract: The present invention is a vehicle body conveying apparatus in which a vehicle body (20) conveyed by a shuttle conveyor (32) is then conveyed in the order of an inclining belt conveyor (1) and a slat conveyor (21). A miniconveyor (26) is disposed between the inclining belt conveyor (1) and the slat conveyor (21) in such a relation that a rear end of the miniconveyor (26) overlaps a delivery side of the inclining belt conveyor (1), and the front end overlaps a receiving side of the slat conveyor (21) so as to ensure smooth transfer of the vehicle body (20) between them. Further, the inclining belt conveyor (1) is inclined by an elevating mechanism (8) to separate the vehicle body (20) from the shuttle conveyor (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kakita, Noriyuki Inoue, Shoichi Okada, Yoshiki Nakamura, Wakaharu Ikeda, Akira Mikami, Akiyoshi Kimura, Masayuki Aihara, Hisashi Fujiwara, Yuji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5297483
    Abstract: Left side panels and right side panel are produced in a left side panel production line and a right side panel production line, respectively By vertical lifters, each left side panel and each right side panel are lifted at the delivery stations and then transferred to runners at work transfer positions. The runner with the left side panel held thereon travels along a rail while the runner with the right side panel held thereon travels along a rail. Both runners are stopped at a standby position and then conveyed to a runner transfer position simultaneously. The runners with the left and right side panels held thereon, respectively, are loaded on the traverser and then conveyed to a drop lifter arranged above a main body assembly line. The left and right side panels are transferred to the drop lifter. The drop lifter then descends and feeds the left and right side panels simultaneously on opposite sides of a floor panel in the main body assembly line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kakida, Noriyuki Inoue, Shoichi Okada, Yoshiki Nakamura, Wakaharu Ikeda, Akira Mikami, Akiyoshi Kimura, Masayuki Aihara, Hisashi Fujiwara, Yuji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 3953443
    Abstract: A method of producing cyanuric acid with high yield, high thermal and production efficiency by heating urea in bulk wherein urea is supplied continuously under agitation into a reaction vessel, the heat transfer surface of which is maintained higher than 340.degree.C, preferably between 340.degree.C and 360.degree.C, said vessel being equipped with an agitator and heated indirectly by the heat transfer medium, the reaction mixture is maintained permanently higher than 220.degree.C, preferably between 220.degree.C and 280.degree.C, in any local point, and the reaction is carried out with a mean residence time of over 2.5 hours with heating and agitating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ohata, Masayuki Aihara