Patents by Inventor Saori Hirata

Saori Hirata 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).

  • Patent number: 11197065
    Abstract: Provided are a gas detection device, an information processing device, and a program which enable a user himself/herself to easily determine whether a gas leak has occurred. The gas detection device includes: a first imaging section configured to capture an image of an inspection region in an infrared region; a second imaging section configured to capture an image of the inspection region in a wavelength range that is not influenced by light absorption by gas; and a hardware processor configured to perform image processing for detecting a gas in a first image captured by a first imaging section, and to perform control to simultaneously display various types of images on a display section from a display target image group including the first image, a second image captured by a second imaging section, and a third image subjected to the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Saori Hirata
  • Patent number: 11012656
    Abstract: Provided are a gas detection device, an information processing device, and a program which enable a user to accurately estimate a gas leak position. The gas detection device includes a hardware processor that causes a display screen to display a first image captured by a first imaging section and a second image captured by a second imaging section, and changes at least one of a first display position of a specific position included in the first image and a second display position of the specific position included in the second image on the display screen. The hardware processor causes the display screen to display the first display position and the second display position so that the first display position and the second display position can be compared with each other so as to recognize a difference between the first display position and the second display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Saori Hirata, Mei Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20200059624
    Abstract: Provided are a gas detection device, an information processing device, and a program which enable a user himself/herself to easily determine whether a gas leak has occurred. The gas detection device includes: a first imaging section configured to capture an image of an inspection region in an infrared region; a second imaging section configured to capture an image of the inspection region in a wavelength range that is not influenced by light absorption by gas; and a hardware processor configured to perform image processing for detecting a gas in a first image captured by a first imaging section, and to perform control to simultaneously display various types of images on a display section from a display target image group including the first image, a second image captured by a second imaging section, and a third image subjected to the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Saori Hirata
  • Publication number: 20200059623
    Abstract: Provided are a gas detection device, an information processing device, and a program which enable a user to accurately estimate a gas leak position. The gas detection device includes a hardware processor that causes a display screen to display a first image captured by a first imaging section and a second image captured by a second imaging section, and changes at least one of a first display position of a specific position included in the first image and a second display position of the specific position included in the second image on the display screen. The hardware processor causes the display screen to display the first display position and the second display position so that the first display position and the second display position can be compared with each other so as to recognize a difference between the first display position and the second display position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Saori HIRATA, Mei YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20110226392
    Abstract: A lens barrel, an image pickup apparatus, a lens drive method and a method of producing a shape memory alloy used for the drive device are disclosed. A drive device includes: a lens group for guiding light from a subject; a shape memory alloy adopted to be deformed by an electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy, for moving the lens group in a direction of an optical axis; and electricity-supply controlling means for controlling an amount of the electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy; and a detecting means for detecting whether a movement of the lens group starts or not. In the drive device, a movement amount of the lens group in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on the amount of electricity supplied when the detecting means detects the movement of the lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Saori HIRATA, Katsumi Ohtsuka, Chie Nemoto, Kenpo Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8000027
    Abstract: A lens barrel, an image pickup apparatus, a lens drive method and a method of producing a shape memory alloy used for the drive device are disclosed. A drive device includes: a lens group for guiding light from a subject; a shape memory alloy adopted to be deformed by an electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy, for moving the lens group in a direction of an optical axis; and electricity-supply controlling means for controlling an amount of the electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy; and a detecting means for detecting whether a movement of the lens group starts or not. In the drive device, a movement amount of the lens group in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on the amount of electricity supplied when the detecting means detects the movement of the lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Saori Hirata, Katsumi Ohtsuka, Chie Nemoto, Kenpo Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20110096421
    Abstract: A lens barrel, an image pickup apparatus, a lens drive method and a method of producing a shape memory alloy used for the drive device are disclosed. A drive device includes: a lens group for guiding light from a subject; a shape memory alloy adopted to be deformed by an electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy, for moving the lens group in a direction of an optical axis; and electricity-supply controlling means for controlling an amount of the electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy; and a detecting means for detecting whether a movement of the lens group starts or not. In the drive device, a movement amount of the lens group in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on the amount of electricity supplied when the detecting means detects the movement of the lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Saori Hirata, Katsumi Ohtsuka, Chie Nemoto, Kenpo Tsuchiya