Patents by Inventor Noriaki Takahashi

Noriaki Takahashi 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: 20210195153
    Abstract: Correction performance is improved regarding a synthetic blur in which a plurality of blur characteristics is synthesized, for example, a focus blur that occurs in a superimposed projection image, or the like. An image processing device according to the present technology includes: a correction unit that obtains a plurality of blur-corrected images by performing blur correction processing on an input image regarding a focus blur that occurs in a projection image by an image projection device, by using a filter coefficient for blur correction corresponding to each of a plurality of blur characteristics, the filter each being obtained on the basis of the plurality of blur characteristics; and an image output unit that individually outputs the plurality of blur-corrected images obtained by the correction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: TAKAAKI SUZUKI, TAKAHIRO NAGANO, NORIAKI TAKAHASHI, HARUKA MITSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20210099682
    Abstract: An artifact upon imaging degrades sensing accuracy of a projection image. An information processing device that develops a captured image thus performs interpolation processing using interpolation direction information according to a test pattern projected by a projection device. In other words, the interpolation processing of pixel information in an interpolation direction according to the obtained interpolation direction information is performed with respect to an image signal obtained by capturing the projection image of the test pattern. This can suppress the artifact and improve the sensing accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210074243
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device, an image projection device, a control device, an information processing device, an image projection system, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to suppress a reduction in a subjective image quality. On the basis of each frame image of a moving image, a time during which a projection image of each frame image of the moving image is viewable by a user is controlled. For example, a controller controls the time during which the projection image is viewable by the user, to cause a difference between the moving image and the projection image due to a reduction in a luminance and a difference between the moving image and the projection image, which increases due to an increase in the time during which the projection image is viewable by the user, to be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro NAGANO
  • Patent number: 10940915
    Abstract: A bicycle transmission is provided that includes a transmission, a connecting portion, a cable and a detection device. The connecting portion is connected to the transmission. The cable is coupled to the connecting portion to operate the transmission. The detection device is arranged to detect movement of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ichida, Noriaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210051305
    Abstract: The luminance of a projected picture derived from an input picture is optimized in a manner suppressing the reduction of contrast in the projected picture. A signal processing apparatus includes a compensation coefficient application section configured to apply a posterior degradation compensation coefficient to a picture input signal input to a picture projection section, the posterior degradation compensation coefficient being based on scattered light caused by the picture projection section in a picture projected by the picture projection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210029875
    Abstract: A lawn mower may include: a cutter unit including a cutter configured to cut grass on a ground and a motor configured to drive the cutter; a handle unit attached to the cutter unit and configured to be gripped by an operator; a grass collection container attached to the handle unit and configured to collect the grass cut by the cutter; and a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor. In a side view of the lawn mower, the battery may be disposed on a same side as the cutter unit with respect to the handle unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Noriaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200413015
    Abstract: Provided is a computation method for obtaining information suitable for positional deviation correction and lens blur correction for a case where a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of a plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner. For this purpose, a light intensity distribution indicating a degree of lens blur of a base projector and peak coordinates of the light intensity distribution are calculated using a captured image obtained by capturing a test pattern projected by the base projector in an arrangement state in which a plurality of projectors is arranged such that a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of the plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka ASAI, Noriaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10846212
    Abstract: Proposed is an evidence gathering system and method capable of reducing the burden on an operative performing system tests. A first agent which is installed in a client gathers evidence of a test result in the client at the time of a system test, and a second agent which is installed in a second server apparatus gathers evidence, of a test result in the second server apparatus at the time of the system test, which includes at least pre/post-update data of the database which has been updated as a result of the system test, gathers the evidence in the client of the system test from the first agent, gathers the evidence in the second server apparatus of the system test from the second agent, and integrates the gathered evidence for each of the system tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yokoyama, Shinji Hamada, Noriaki Takahashi, Hirokazu Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20200053330
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method that enable suppression of a reduction in subjective image quality. Image processing is performed on each of a plurality of frame images before projection. The image processing suppresses an influence of superimposition of the plurality of frame images in a projection image in projecting each of the plurality of frame images cyclically using a corresponding one of a plurality of projection sections. The plurality of frame images is included in a moving image. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image projection apparatus, a control apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image projection system, an image processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: NORIAKI TAKAHASHI, TAKAHIRO NAGANO, HIROMASA NAGANUMA
  • Patent number: 10467728
    Abstract: A first-color-space converting unit 223 receives the image signal of first color space from a signal processing unit 222 and converts the received image signal into the image signal of second color space which is suitable for conversion into the image signal of third color space as specified. A thinning processing unit 226 performs thinning process on the converted image signal representing each color component of the second color space for each pixel so as to correspond to a processor unit 30 which generates the image signal representing each color component from the image signal representing one color component of color space for each pixel and output the image signal of the third color space, thereby turning it into the image signal representing one color component of the second color space for each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Tokizaki, Noriaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190034325
    Abstract: Proposed is an evidence gathering system and method capable of reducing the burden on an operative performing system tests. A first agent which is installed in a client gathers evidence of a test result in the client at the time of a system test, and a second agent which is installed in a second server apparatus gathers evidence, of a test result in the second server apparatus at the time of the system test, which includes at least pre/post-update data of the database which has been updated as a result of the system test, gathers the evidence in the client of the system test from the first agent, gathers the evidence in the second server apparatus of the system test from the second agent, and integrates the gathered evidence for each of the system tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro YOKOYAMA, Shinji HAMADA, Noriaki TAKAHASHI, Hirokazu MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180293704
    Abstract: A first-color-space converting unit 223 receives the image signal of first color space from a signal processing unit 222 and converts the received image signal into the image signal of second color space which is suitable for conversion into the image signal of third color space as specified. A thinning processing unit 226 performs thinning process on the converted image signal representing each color component of the second color space for each pixel so as to correspond to a processor unit 30 which generates the image signal representing each color component from the image signal representing one color component of color space for each pixel and output the image signal of the third color space, thereby turning it into the image signal representing one color component of the second color space for each pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: YUKI TOKIZAKI, NORIAKI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180184590
    Abstract: A lawn mower having a lateral-side discharge outlet in a body housing for discharging mowed lawn has been configured such that a discharge outlet door for closing the lateral-side discharge outlet is held at a closed position only by a spring force, and therefore, there has been a risk of causing fluttering due to a blowing pressure and vibrations generated by the rotation of a mowing blade. An object of the present invention is to avoid fluttering of the discharge outlet door. In order to avoid fluttering, a lock device (20) is disposed at a discharge outlet door (16) for locking it at a closed position. The lock device (20) is unlocked by an unlock operation by the user, so that accidental opening can be prevented. By setting a spring to be weak, the discharge outlet door (16) can be easily opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro KAMIYA, Tetsuya KIUCHI
  • Patent number: 9950767
    Abstract: A bicycle shifter is provided as part of a bicycle electric system. The bicycle shifter basically includes a transmission cable winding element, an operating unit and a detection device. The operating unit operatively coupled to the transmission cable winding element. The detection device is arranged to detect a movement of the operating unit. The detection device outputs a signal according to the movement of the operating unit with respect to the winding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ichida, Noriaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180062954
    Abstract: Issuing sources of telegrams are identified on the basis of the relevance between the telegrams transmitted and received between servers. A telegram analysis method for a telegram analysis apparatus for associating telegrams with each other, which are transmitted and received between a plurality of servers connected via a network apparatus, wherein the telegram analysis method includes: a step executed by the telegram analysis apparatus capturing packets transmitted and received between the servers; a step executed by the telegram analysis apparatus identifying protocols of the packets and a telegram type indicative of either a request telegram or a response telegram, and assembling the protocols into telegrams; and a step executed by the telegram analysis apparatus associating a plurality of telegrams with each other, which are transmitted and received between the respective servers on the basis of request receipt times and response receipt times of the telegrams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiro YOKOYAMA, Shinji HAMADA, Takashi ICHIMURA, Noriaki TAKAHASHI, Hirokazu MATSUMOTO, Yoshihisa IDA
  • Publication number: 20180054214
    Abstract: A communication method executed by a communication system including a transmission circuit and a reception circuit, the communication method includes encoding, by the transmission circuit, inputted data according to an encoding method of converting a pre-converted bit string into a bit string in which a number of consecutive bits representing a same value is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, transmitting a first serial signal representing the encoded data, in a first period in which a radio signal outputted from the transmission circuit is communicated wirelessly, and transmitting a second serial signal representing a bit string which includes a continuous number of consecutive bits representing a same value, in a second period in which the radio signal is not communicated wirelessly, the continuous number being greater than the threshold value, and receiving, by the reception circuit, the first serial signal and the second serial signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Noriaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170283002
    Abstract: A bicycle transmission is provided that includes a transmission, a connecting portion, a cable and a detection device. The connecting portion is connected to the transmission. The cable is coupled to the connecting portion to operate the transmission. The detection device is arranged to detect movement of the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tadashi ICHIDA, Noriaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160068222
    Abstract: A bicycle shifter is provided as part of a bicycle electric system. The bicycle shifter basically includes a transmission cable winding element, an operating unit and a detection device. The operating unit operatively coupled to the transmission cable winding element. The detection device is arranged to detect a movement of the operating unit. The detection device outputs a signal according to the movement of the operating unit with respect to the winding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Tadashi ICHIDA, Noriaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: D695804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nohara, Noriaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: D696711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Noriaki Takahashi