Patents by Inventor Motoki TABATA

Motoki TABATA 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: 20230074533
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to select, when the processor acquires power supply request information requesting supply of electric power from a vehicle equipped with a power supply device that supplies electric power to outside to a power supply target to which a plurality of electronic devices is connected, the electronic device to which electric power is supplied from among the electronic devices based on the power supply request information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TABATA, Motoki TAKAHASHI, Naofumi MAGARIDA, Yuko AZUMA, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20230066439
    Abstract: The information processing device includes a processor configured to control setting and cancellation of a power supply mode in which the power supply device operates, for a vehicle including the power supply device that supplies electric power to the outside. The processor outputs information requesting an input of authentication information when a canceling request of the power supply mode that is set is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TABATA, Motoki TAKAHASHI, Naofumi MAGARIDA, Yuko AZUMA, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20230062696
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire connection information representing a state of a connection region including a connection portion that connects a vehicle and a power supply target such that power is able to be supplied; determine whether the connection information includes information indicating an abnormality in the connection portion; and output information that issues a notification that the connection portion is abnormal when the processor determines that the connection information includes the information indicating an abnormality in the connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TABATA, Motoki TAKAHASHI, Naofumi MAGARIDA, Yuko AZUMA, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20230061632
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to: acquire electric power supply information indicating suppliable electric energy by each of a plurality of vehicles and electric power demand information indicating demanded electric energy of a facility to which each of the vehicles supply electric power; fix a master vehicle that controls electric power supply of each of the vehicles from among the vehicles based on the electric power supply information; and control electric energy when each of the vehicles supplies the electric power to the facility based on the electric power supply information of the master vehicle and the electric power demand information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TABATA, Motoki TAKAHASHI, Naofumi MAGARIDA, Yuko AZUMA, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20230065192
    Abstract: A server includes a processor configured to: acquire electric power supply information indicating electric energy that is suppliable by each of a plurality of vehicles to outside; set electric energy to be supplied to a facility by each of the vehicles based on the electric power supply information of each of the vehicles; and cause each of the vehicles to supply electric power based on the set electric energy of each of the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TABATA, Motoki TAKAHASHI, Naofumi MAGARIDA, Yuko AZUMA, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Patent number: 11583163
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: a light source that is configured to emit primary light; plural illuminators that are configured to be irradiated with the primary light to emit plural respective illumination light generated based on the radiated primary light toward an observation object so that at least part of the plural illumination light overlap on the observation object; and an adjuster that is configured to desirably adjust a ratio of light quantities of the primary light that travels from the light source to the respective illuminators, so as to distribute the primary light to the respective illuminators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Tabata, Bakusui Daidoji
  • Publication number: 20220378284
    Abstract: An endoscope light source device includes: a box that is connectable to a light guide of an endoscope; a first light source configured to emit light of a first wavelength band; a second light source configured to emit light of a second wavelength band; a multiplexer configured to multiplex the light emitted by the first light source and the light emitted by the second light source; a diffuser configured to diffuse part of the light multiplexed by the multiplexer to an outside of an optical path for input to the light guide; a light quantity sensor configured to detect quantity of at least part of the light diffused by the diffuser; and an illumination controller configured to control quantity of light to be emitted from at least one of the first light source and the second light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motoki TABATA
  • Patent number: 11391426
    Abstract: A light source device includes: light sources configured to emit kinds of light having wavelength band different from one another; dichroic mirrors that are respectively arranged on a first optical path, the dichroic mirrors having light transmission characteristics different from one another, each dichroic mirror being configured to reflect or pass light emitted from any one of the light sources; light sensors that are respectively positioned on second optical paths, each second optical path being a different optical path from the first optical path and being an optical path propagating light reflected on or passed through the dichroic mirror, each light sensor being configured to detect a light amount of light that propagates through the second optical path; and a controller configured to control a light amount ratio of the kinds of light based on the light amount respectively detected by the light sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Tabata, Shuhei Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20220095895
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of first semiconductor light sources; a condenser lens; and a light guide having a prismatic shape in which an incident surface is on a first side of a central axis direction of the prismatic shape and an emission surface is on a second side of the central axis direction of the prismatic shape, a positional relationship between the plurality of first semiconductor light sources, the condenser lens, and the light guide is set such that a traveling direction of the light incident on the incident surface from the first semiconductor light sources via the condenser lens is perpendicular to a reflecting surface of the light guide in a plan view as viewed in the central axis direction of the prismatic shape, the incident light being reflected on the reflecting surface in the light guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki TABATA, Kazunari HANANO, Kazuaki MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210285609
    Abstract: A light source device includes: light sources configured to emit kinds of light having wavelength band different from one another; dichroic mirrors that are respectively arranged on a first optical path, the dichroic mirrors having light transmission characteristics different from one another, each dichroic mirror being configured to reflect or pass light emitted from any one of the light sources; light sensors that are respectively positioned on second optical paths, each second optical path being a different optical path from the first optical path and being an optical path propagating light reflected on or passed through the dichroic mirror, each light sensor being configured to detect a light amount of light that propagates through the second optical path; and a controller configured to control a light amount ratio of the kinds of light based on the light amount respectively detected by the light sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki TABATA, Shuhei HATANAKA
  • Patent number: 10881283
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes an imager configured to detect reflected and scattered light of illumination light radiated to an observation object and output an imaging signal, the illumination light including light in three wavelength ranges corresponding to first, second, and third depth regions, and an image processor including an intermediate emphasis image generator configured to generate an intermediate emphasis image, based on a first emphasis image signal generated based on emphasis narrowband light, a first non-emphasis image signal generated based on non-emphasis narrowband, and image signals corresponding to all wavelength ranges not including the first emphasis and non-emphasis image signals, and a display image generator configured to generate a display image based on the intermediate emphasis image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Tabata, Bakusui Daidoji, Takeshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20200178781
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: a light source that is configured to emit primary light; plural illuminators that are configured to be irradiated with the primary light to emit plural respective illumination light generated based on the radiated primary light toward an observation object so that at least part of the plural illumination light overlap on the observation object; and an adjuster that is configured to desirably adjust a ratio of light quantities of the primary light that travels from the light source to the respective illuminators, so as to distribute the primary light to the respective illuminators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Tabata, Bakusui Daidoji
  • Patent number: 10610083
    Abstract: A light source illumination unit has operation modes including at least a normal electric power mode to operate with first electric power consumption, and a low electric power mode to operate with second electric power consumption lower than the first electric power consumption. A controller selects at least one of the operation modes in accordance with the current usage, and controls the light source illumination unit in accordance with the selected operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Nishio, Takeshi Ito, Satoshi Ohara, Motoki Tabata
  • Patent number: 10548466
    Abstract: A first light source module includes a light source-side connection hole to which a irradiation-side connector of a irradiation module is mechanically detachably attached. The light source-side connection hole is made common to the first irradiation-side connector, which is mounted in the first irradiation module, and the second irradiation-side connector, which is mounted in the second irradiation module, such that the light source-side connection hole is connectable to the first irradiation-side connector and the second irradiation-side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohara, Eiji Yamamoto, Takeshi Ito, Masahiro Nishio, Hiroyuki Kamee, Motoki Tabata
  • Patent number: 10517462
    Abstract: A light source illumination unit has operation modes including at least a normal electric power mode to operate with first electric power consumption, and a low electric power mode to operate with second electric power consumption lower than the first electric power consumption. A controller selects at least one of the operation modes in accordance with a use schedule, and controls the light source illumination unit in accordance with the selected operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Nishio, Takeshi Ito, Satoshi Ohara, Motoki Tabata
  • Patent number: 10405737
    Abstract: An endoscope light source apparatus includes a first light source section that emits first light, a second light source section that emits second light, and an optical path combiner that combines an optical path of the first light and an optical path of the second light. The etendue of the first light source section is smaller than the etendue of the second light source section. The optical path combiner has an optical deflection surface that deflects the second light, and has an aperture that allows the first light to pass through it within an area of the optical deflection surface. The optical path combiner deflects the second light so that a center axis of the optical path of the second light deflected by the optical deflection surface corresponds to a center axis of the optical path of the first light that has passed through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Tabata, Takeshi Ito, Satoshi Ohara
  • Patent number: 10327622
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an observation mode switch to switch observation modes. The observation modes include a dye valid observation mode allowed to acquire an image in which the dye is visually recognized well, and a dye invalid observation mode allowed to acquire an image in which the dye is substantially not visually recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamee, Satoshi Ohara, Motoki Tabata
  • Publication number: 20190029508
    Abstract: An endoscope light source device to which a connection portion of an endoscope is detachably attached includes a light source section that radiates primary light that enters an entrance end in the connection portion, a positioning member that positions the entrance end on a center axis of the primary light from the light source section when the connection portion is arranged in the light source device, and a pressing member that presses the connection portion toward the positioning member after the connection portion is arranged in the positioning member. The light source device further includes a heat transmission member that functions as at least one of the positioning member and the pressing member, and transmits heat generated from the connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki TABATA, Takeshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20180289246
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes an imager configured to detect reflected and scattered light of illumination light radiated to an observation object and output an imaging signal, the illumination light including light in three wavelength ranges corresponding to first, second, and third depth regions, and an image processor including an intermediate emphasis image generator configured to generate an intermediate emphasis image, based on a first emphasis image signal generated based on emphasis narrowband light, a first non-emphasis image signal generated based on non-emphasis narrowband, and image signals corresponding to all wavelength ranges not including the first emphasis and non-emphasis image signals, and a display image generator configured to generate a display image based on the intermediate emphasis image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki TABATA, Bakusui DAIDOJI, Takeshi ITO
  • Patent number: 10078210
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a main unit, light source modules attachable to and detachable from the main unit, and storage mediums storing characteristic information of the light source modules. Each light source module includes at least one light source and a light connection part to be optically connected to the main unit. The main unit includes entrance parts to be optically connected to the light connection parts of the connected light source modules, a light combining unit to combine light entering the entrance parts, at least one exit part to cause light combined by the light combining unit to exit, and an exit light characteristic deriving unit to derive characteristic information of achievable exit light based on characteristic information of the light source modules stored in the storage mediums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Tabata, Masahiro Nishio, Satoshi Ohara