Patents by Inventor Nozomu Shimoda
Nozomu Shimoda 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).
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Patent number: 10769831Abstract: A head up display superimposes a virtual image on an actual view in accordance with a traveling status of a vehicle. Vehicle information containing a lean of the vehicle in a pitch direction is detected by a first posture sensor, and a lean in a roll direction is detected by a second posture sensor. A controller controls display of video on the basis of the vehicle information. A mirror reflects the video to project the video to a windshield or combiner. A mirror driver changes an angle and/or a position of the mirror. At least one of a display state of the virtual image in a display area for the video or the angle and/or the position of the mirror via the mirror driver is adjusted by the controller on the basis of the lean in the pitch direction and/or the lean in the roll direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Nozomu Shimoda, Yuji Fujita, Takeshi Arakawa, Akio Misawa
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Publication number: 20200280746Abstract: The problem to be solved is to make it possible to download via a network, efficiently manage, retrieve, and reproduce an external content associated with a content recorded on a recording medium. To solve the problem, a program is used which controls reproduction of information located on a recording medium and related information. The program includes the steps of: obtaining from the outside specific information associated with predetermined information recorded on a recording medium; and obtaining medium identification information located on a recording medium; wherein if the specific information has been obtained, a storage unit in a reproducing apparatus is controlled to associate the specific information with the medium identification information for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Susumu Yoshida, Takuya Imaide, Toshihiro Kato, Akinobu Watanabe, Naozumi Sugimura, Nozomu Shimoda
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Publication number: 20200221057Abstract: Poor visibility due to abnormal display caused by occurrence of failure of HUD is reduced using AR-HUD which includes a vehicle information acquiring unit, a controller, and a video display apparatus. The vehicle information acquiring unit acquires various types of vehicle information that can be detected by a vehicle. The controller controls display of a video in a display region visually recognized through a windshield from a driver's seat of a vehicle based on vehicle information acquired by the vehicle information acquiring unit. The video display apparatus generates video based on an instruction from the controller. The controller acquires apparatus information which is used when determining apparatus fault, determines whether the apparatus fault is present or not based on the acquired apparatus information, and performs a display content changing process to change content of the video projected onto the windshield when determined that the apparatus fault is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Nozomu SHIMODA, Kazuyuki TAKIZAWA
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Patent number: 10645424Abstract: The problem to be solved is to make it possible to download via a network, efficiently manage, retrieve, and reproduce an external content associated with a content recorded on a recording medium. To solve the problem, a program is used which controls reproduction of information located on a recording medium and related information. The program includes the steps of: obtaining from the outside specific information associated with predetermined information recorded on a recording medium; and obtaining medium identification information located on a recording medium; wherein if the specific information has been obtained, a storage unit in a reproducing apparatus is controlled to associate the specific information with the medium identification information for storage.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Yoshida, Takuya Imaide, Toshihiro Kato, Akinobu Watanabe, Naozumi Sugimura, Nozomu Shimoda
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Publication number: 20190369393Abstract: The head-up display device includes a display element that emits image light and a virtual image optical system. The virtual image optical system includes a lens unit and a free curved surface mirror disposed along the emission direction of the image light in this order from a position close to the display element. The display element is disposed with a tilting attitude with respect to the optical axis of the lens unit with an end on the housing aperture side in an emission surface being close to an incidence surface in the lens unit and with an end on the opposite side of the housing aperture in an emission surface being apart from an incidence surface in the lens unit. The lens unit has an optical characteristic of optically enlarging an optical path length difference according to a virtual image distance difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Akio MISAWA, Nozomu SHIMODA, Yuji FUJITA, Shigeki HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20190235240Abstract: The present invention provides a head-up display apparatus capable of both long-distance display and short-distance display. A functional film 51 is mounted on a glare trap part 50 of a head-up display apparatus 1. In order to display a first virtual image 9a, a first image display device 30a projects a first image onto a windshield 3 via the glare trap part. In order to display a second virtual image 9b having a different display distance, a second image display device 30b generates a second image on the functional film and projects the second image onto the windshield. For the functional film 51, a variable transmittance film having a light transmittance that varies according to the applied voltage or a transparent self-luminous film in which an irradiated portion emits light when irradiated with a laser beam of a specific wavelength is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Yuki NAGANO, Nozomu SHIMODA
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Publication number: 20190139286Abstract: A head up display superimposes a virtual image on an actual view in accordance with a traveling status of a vehicle. Vehicle information containing a lean of the vehicle in a pitch direction is detected by a first posture sensor, and a lean in a roll direction is detected by a second posture sensor. A controller controls display of video on the basis of the vehicle information. A mirror reflects the video to project the video to a windshield or combiner. A mirror driver changes an angle and/or a position of the mirror. At least one of a display state of the virtual image in a display area for the video or the angle and/or the position of the mirror via the mirror driver is adjusted by the controller on the basis of the lean in the pitch direction and/or the lean in the roll direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Nozomu SHIMODA, Yuji FUJITA, Takeshi ARAKAWA, Akio MISAWA
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Publication number: 20190129172Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a head-up display apparatus further reduced in size, the head-up display apparatus having: an image display apparatus including a light source and a display element; and a virtual image optical system in which light emitted from the image display apparatus is reflected by a windshield or a combiner of the vehicle so that a virtual image is displayed in front of the vehicle, wherein the virtual image optical system has a concave mirror and a distortion correcting lens, and the distortion correcting lens is disposed between the image display apparatus and the concave mirror, the concave mirror is disposed in a housing including an outer case along a shape of an effective light path area of the image light from the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus is attached to part of an outer periphery of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Akio MISAWA, Nozomu SHIMODA, Kazuomi KANEKO, Koji HIRATA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20160316231Abstract: The problem to be solved is to make it possible to download via a network, efficiently manage, retrieve, and reproduce an external content associated with a content recorded on a recording medium. To solve the problem, a program is used which controls reproduction of information located on a recording medium and related information. The program includes the steps of: obtaining from the outside specific information associated with predetermined information recorded on a recording medium; and obtaining medium identification information located on a recording medium; wherein if the specific information has been obtained, a storage unit in a reproducing apparatus is controlled to associate the specific information with the medium identification information for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Yoshida, Takuya Imaide, Toshihiro Kato, Akinobu Watanabe, Naozumi Sugimura, Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 9418704Abstract: The problem to be solved is to make it possible to download via a network, efficiently manage, retrieve, and reproduce an external content associated with a content recorded on a recording medium. To solve the problem, a program is used which controls reproduction of information located on a recording medium and related information. The program includes the steps of: obtaining from the outside specific information associated with predetermined information recorded on a recording medium; and obtaining medium identification information located on a recording medium; wherein if the specific information has been obtained, a storage unit in a reproducing apparatus is controlled to associate the specific information with the medium identification information for storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Susumu Yoshida, Takuya Imaide, Toshihiro Kato, Akinobu Watanabe, Naozumi Sugimura, Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 9325959Abstract: To provide a recording and reproducing apparatus capable of storing AV data reliably during recording and capable of reading the AV data reliably during reproducing even when the communication state between the video camera and a network is bad, the recording and reproducing apparatus neither failing to record nor reproduce AV data, the recording and reproducing apparatus improving the recording reliability and reproduction reliability of AV data. With a unit for determining whether the communication state is good or bad, the recording and reproducing reliability is improved by carrying out recording and reproducing of AV data to a hard disk of the recording and reproducing apparatus by utilizing a built-in hard disk when the communication state is bad.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 9015260Abstract: When a user selects an image, a control unit detects a face image from the selected image and acquires person data corresponding to the face image. Moreover, the control unit specifies address book data of the person and acquires an e-mail address from the address book data. When the user inputs an e-mail address, the control unit also has a function of detecting an image in which a person having the input e-mail address as a destination is an imaged object and creating an e-mail attached with the image.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, Ltd.Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 8982680Abstract: In a data archive system including plural sets of data library apparatuses and a control unit and an information storing unit connected to the plural sets of data library apparatuses, the data library apparatus includes a recording medium storing unit that stores plural recording media, a data recording and reproducing device that records data in the recording media and reproduces data from the recording media, a recording medium transporting unit that transports the recording media between the recording medium storing unit and the data recording and reproducing device, and a data library apparatus control unit that controls an action of the data library apparatus, the information storing unit stores management information for managing the recording medium storing unit, the control unit controls actions of the total data archive system, and when a recording medium storing unit is attached to the data library apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Hitachi—LG Data Storage, Inc.Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 8942765Abstract: When a user performs a playback operation, an imaging unit starts taking images, and video data based on the image data obtained from that imaging is stored in a buffer of a memory unit. A control unit writes the video data stored in the buffer in a newly opened image file. When the capacity of the image file reaches a limit capacity, the control unit closes that image file and opens a new image file. The control unit also writes video data to the opened image file. The control unit creates information (image file information) for the generated image file and enters that information in an image management table. When a plurality of image files is generated, the control unit stores information indicating the playback order of the image files in the image management table.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 8817174Abstract: An information recording apparatus for recording information obtained from a sensor, comprises: a face detecting unit for detecting a face of a person among the information obtained from the sensor; a face detection switching unit for switching a control of the face detecting unit between valid and invalid; a face detection setup information obtaining unit for obtaining information of whether face detection set up by the face detection switching unit is valid or invalid; a face detection observation unit for observing on whether detection is made on the face or not, when the face detection is valid; a power-saving controller unit for executing a power-saving control; a recording unit for record the information inputted from the sensor onto a recording medium; a recording observation unit for observing on whether recording of the information is conducted or not by the recording unit; a memory unit for memorizing information necessary for controlling the information recording apparatus; and a controller unit foType: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 8713113Abstract: When a user selects an image, a control unit detects a face image from the selected image and acquires person data corresponding to the face image. Moreover, the control unit specifies address book data of the person and acquires an e-mail address from the address book data. When the user inputs an e-mail address, the control unit also has a function of detecting an image in which a person having the input e-mail address as a destination is an imaged object and creating an e-mail attached with the image.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 8576675Abstract: In a data library apparatus for managing plural pieces of record media, and performing record/reproduction of data into/from the record media, there are provided an information-memorizing memory unit and a device-controlling control unit. Having received a data record/reproduction processing request from a server, the control unit collects load information imposed on data record/reproduction devices, load information imposed on a record-media transportation device, and load information imposed on the record media. Moreover, the control unit memorizes the collected load information into the memory unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
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Publication number: 20130077454Abstract: In a data library apparatus for managing plural pieces of record media, and performing record/reproduction of data into/from the record media, there are provided an information-memorizing memory unit and a device-controlling control unit. Having received a data record/reproduction processing request from a server, the control unit collects load information imposed on data record/reproduction devices, load information imposed on a record-media transportation device, and load information imposed on the record media. Moreover, the control unit memorizes the collected load information into the memory unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventor: Nozomu SHIMODA
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Patent number: 8005340Abstract: Related arts have failed to realize a data recording/reproducing apparatus having the ability to, while video-audio data is being recorded in a first recording medium, notify a user of the number of second recording media to which the recorded video-audio data is equivalent. For breaking through the situation, a data recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a module which monitors an amount of video-audio data recorded in a first recording medium, and a module which displays an equivalent of the amount of recorded video-audio data in terms of the capacity of a second recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Nozomu Shimoda, Tsutomu Usui
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Publication number: 20110189982Abstract: When a user performs a playback operation, an imaging unit starts taking images, and video data based on the image data obtained from that imaging is stored in a buffer of a memory unit. A control unit writes the video data stored in the buffer in a newly opened image file. When the capacity of the image file reaches a limit capacity, the control unit closes that image file and opens a new image file. The control unit also writes video data to the opened image file. The control unit creates information (image file information) for the generated image file and enters that information in an image management table. When a plurality of image files is generated, the control unit stores information indicating the playback order of the image files in the image management table.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventor: Nozomu SHIMODA