Patents by Inventor Satoshi Miyazaki

Satoshi Miyazaki 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).

  • PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND PLAYBACK METHOD
    Publication number: 20140241648
    Abstract: A photographing device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section that captures a subject image and outputs image data; a motion picture recording section that records a motion picture based on the image data; a parameter setting section that sets a photographing parameter to change a photographing state; and a parameter control section that automatically changes the photographing parameter during the recording of the motion picture regardless of the set photographing parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji KUNISHIGE, Satoshi MIYAZAKI, Masaomi TOMIZAWA, Osamu NONAKA
  • MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140165934
    Abstract: A crankshaft includes a coupling portion, a first functional portion, and a second functional portion. The coupling portion is coupled to a connecting rod. The first functional portion is provided on an upper portion of the crankshaft protruding from a crankcase. The first functional portion drives a first functional component. The second functional portion is provided on a lower portion of the crankshaft protruding from the crankcase. The second functional portion drives a second functional component. The entire crankshaft has been processed by a first treatment to at least enhance the corrosion resistance thereof. At least a coupling portion of the crankshaft has been processed by a second treatment to at least enhance the strength thereof. Neither of the first functional portion and the second functional portion has been processed by the second treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto KUROIWA, Isamu NARUSE, Satoshi MIYAZAKI, Hirokazu KANEKO
  • Photographing device, photographing method, and playback method
    Patent number: 8743269
    Abstract: A photographing device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section that captures a subject image and outputs image data; a motion picture recording section that records a motion picture based on the image data; a parameter setting section that sets a photographing parameter to change a photographing state; and a parameter control section that automatically changes the photographing parameter during the recording of the motion picture regardless of the set photographing parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji Kunishige, Satoshi Miyazaki, Masaomi Tomizawa, Osamu Nonaka
  • Imaging device with contrast AF, and control method for imaging device with contrast AF
    Patent number: 8736741
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an imaging device, comprising: an imaging unit for receiving subject light flux, that has been made incident by the photographing lens, on an imaging surface, and photoelectrically converting a formed subject image to output image data; a display unit for carrying out a live view display operation using image data acquired by the imaging unit; a first contrast AF unit for obtaining contrast information of the subject information from image data acquired by the imaging unit and guiding the photographing lens into a first in-focus permissible range based on the contrast information, and a control unit for, when the live view display operation has started, executing a focus adjustment operation using the first contrast AF unit at a first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji Kunishige, Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Multi-chip package semiconductor memory device
    Patent number: 8723303
    Abstract: An MCP type semiconductor memory device having a structure in which a stack memory chip including a plurality of stacked memory chips and a memory controller chip are juxtaposed on a substrate, which achieves a reduction in package size. The semiconductor memory device includes a stack memory chip including a plurality of stacked memory chips, a substrate on which the stack memory chip is provided, and a memory controller chip adjacent the stack memory chip on the substrate. The stack memory chip is constructed such that an upper memory chip is stacked so as to shift toward a mounting position of the memory controller chip relative to a memory chip immediately below the upper memory chip. At least a part of the memory controller chip is received within a space between the substrate and a part of the stack memory chip that protrudes toward the memory controller chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Nasu, Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Outboard motor
    Patent number: 8715020
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine, a flywheel, a twisting member, and a damper. The engine includes a crankshaft that is rotatable around a crank axis extending in the up-down direction and includes an upper end portion disposed along the crank axis. The flywheel includes a joint portion that is disposed above the upper end portion of the crankshaft and joined to the upper end portion. The twisting member is disposed along the crank axis above the upper end portion of the crankshaft, and is arranged to rotate around the crank axis together with the crankshaft. The damper is disposed above the flywheel at a distance from the flywheel, and joined to the twisting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyazaki, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Vessel propulsion apparatus
    Patent number: 8690624
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a first exhaust passage including an upward guiding portion that guides exhaust generated by an engine upward, a second exhaust passage disposed at a downstream side relative to the first exhaust passage, and a communication passage communicating the first exhaust passage and the second exhaust passage with each other. The communication passage includes a first upstream end opening at the first exhaust passage and a second downstream end disposed below the first upstream end and opening at the second exhaust passage. Further, the communication passage includes an expanded portion disposed at a height in between the first upstream end and the second downstream end and being more expanded than the first upstream end and the second downstream end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Kato, Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Outboard motor and watercraft including the same
    Patent number: 8690625
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a left bank and a right bank. An exhaust port in each of the left bank and the right bank is arranged outward relative to a cylinder axis line in an outer motor width direction. A left exhaust pipe is arranged outward relative to a crankcase and the left bank in the outer motor width direction. A right exhaust pipe is arranged outward relative to the crankcase and the right bank in the outer motor width direction. A catalyst is located in each of the left and right exhaust pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Kato, Atsushi Suzuki, Daisuke Takasu, Satoshi Miyazaki, Yusuke Takahashi, Makoto Kuroiwa
  • Photographing device, photographing method, and playback method
    Patent number: 8687107
    Abstract: A photographing device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section that captures a subject image and outputs image data; a motion picture recording section that records a motion picture based on the image data; a parameter setting section that sets a photographing parameter to change a photographing state; and a parameter control section that automatically changes the photographing parameter during the recording of the motion picture regardless of the set photographing parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji Kunishige, Satoshi Miyazaki, Masaomi Tomizawa, Osamu Nonaka
  • CAMERA AND CAMERA CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20130321659
    Abstract: A camera according to the present invention, which is capable of continuous shooting before and after a still image shot according to photographer's operation, comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a still image shooting section obtaining image data of the still image according to release operation; a continuous shooting section obtaining the image data by continuous shooting before and after the obtaining of the still image in the still image shooting section; an image processing section performing image processing which is different from that of the image data obtained by the still image shooting section and changed sequentially, on the image data obtained by the continuous shooting section; and a recording section recording the image data image-processed by the image processing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji KUNISHIGE, Satoshi MIYAZAKI, Osamu NONAKA
  • Imaging apparatus and image processing method used in imaging device
    Patent number: 8570391
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that photoelectrically converts an object image to generate image data; a face detecting unit that detects a face in the generated image data; and a number-of-people detecting unit that detects the number of faces detected in the image data based on a face detection result by the face detecting unit. The imaging apparatus also includes a feature determining unit that determines a feature of the detected face based on a face detection result by the face detecting unit; a face selecting unit that selects a face that satisfies a predetermined correction condition set in advance among the detected faces based on at least one of a detection result of the number of people and a determination result of the feature; and a face-image processing unit that performs a predetermined correction process on at least the selected face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Shogo Shimamura, Satoshi Miyazaki
  • SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR READING OUT DATA
    Publication number: 20130275702
    Abstract: Unique output control is carried out in allowing or prohibiting an output unit to deliver data to outside from a memory unit, when the data at a designated address is read out of the memory unit in response to an address signal designating that address. The memory unit has an output enable/disable flag stored at a predetermined address. This flag is indicative of whether to permit the data to be delivered to outside. After power is turned on, the output unit prohibits the delivery of the data to outside until the output enable/disable flag indicates permission for data delivery to outside and the address signal designating the predetermined address is continuously supplied over N times the clock period of a clock signal. N is an integer equal to or greater than two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi MIYAZAKI, Hiroyuki FUKUYAMA
  • Imaging device and control method for imaging device
    Patent number: 8531577
    Abstract: An imaging device comprises an imaging section for outputting image data every set time, in association with bulb exposure commencement; an adding processing section for generating an added image by adding images that were output after commencement of the bulb exposure; an image display section for displaying each generated added image; and a display illumination section for illuminating a display screen of the image display section, and if an update period for image display on the image display section is a predetermined time or longer, illuminates the display screen of the image display section for a time that is shorter than the update period, in response to update of image display on the image display section, while if the update period is less than the predetermined time, continuously carries out illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Camera and camera control method
    Patent number: 8525894
    Abstract: A camera according to the present invention, which is capable of continuous shooting before and after a still image shot according to photographer's operation, comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a still image shooting section obtaining image data of the still image according to release operation; a continuous shooting section obtaining the image data by continuous shooting before and after the obtaining of the still image in the still image shooting section; an image processing section performing image processing which is different from that of the image data obtained by the still image shooting section and changed sequentially, on the image data obtained by the continuous shooting section; and a recording section recording the image data image-processed by the image processing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji Kunishige, Satoshi Miyazaki, Osamu Nonaka
  • Image editing apparatus, method for controlling image editing apparatus, and recording medium storing image editing program
    Patent number: 8526683
    Abstract: An image editing apparatus includes an image input unit including an image pickup circuit which takes a picture of a subject to obtain an image of a subject. A face detection circuit detects an image of a face of the subject from the image obtained from the image input unit. A face expression detection circuit detects at least any one of direction and expression of the face of the subject, based on the image of the face detected by the face detection circuit. A pupil detection circuit detects images of pupils of the subject, based on the image of the face detected by the face detection circuit. A catch-light composition circuit composes different catch-lights on the images of the pupils detected by the pupil detection circuit, according to any one of the direction and expression of the face detected by the face expression detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Maruyama, Satoshi Miyazaki, Masaomi Tomizawa, Takeshi Suzuki, Osamu Nonaka
  • VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130203308
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a first exhaust passage including an upward guiding portion that guides exhaust generated by an engine upward, a second exhaust passage disposed at a downstream side relative to the first exhaust passage, and a communication passage communicating the first exhaust passage and the second exhaust passage with each other. The communication passage includes a first upstream end opening at the first exhaust passage and a second downstream end disposed below the first upstream end and opening at the second exhaust passage. Further, the communication passage includes an expanded portion disposed at a height in between the first upstream end and the second downstream end and being more expanded than the first upstream end and the second downstream end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji KATO, Satoshi MIYAZAKI
  • Lubrication system for outboard motor
    Patent number: 8424647
    Abstract: In an outboard engine, an upstream oil return path is connected to an oil passage upstream of an oil filter to return lubrication oil that is accumulated in the oil passage upstream of the oil filter to an oil pan. A downstream oil return path is connected to an oil passage downstream of the oil filter to return lubrication oil that is accumulated in oil passages and a main gallery downstream of the oil filter to the oil pan. The lubrication oil accumulated in a portion of an oil passage downstream of the oil filter is hindered from flowing to the outside even if the oil filter is removed when the engine is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyazaki, Toshihiro Nozue
  • Imaging device with contrast AF, and control method for imaging device with contrast AF
    Patent number: 8405759
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an imaging device, comprising: an imaging unit for receiving subject light flux, that has been made incident by the photographing lens, on an imaging surface, and photoelectrically converting a formed subject image to output image data; a display unit for carrying out a live view display operation using image data acquired by the imaging unit; a first contrast AF unit for obtaining contrast information of the subject information from image data acquired by the imaging unit and guiding the photographing lens into a first in-focus permissible range based on the contrast information, and a control unit for, when the live view display operation has started, executing a focus adjustment operation using the first contrast AF unit at a first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imagining Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji Kunishige, Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Memory device
    Patent number: 8397132
    Abstract: An exemplary memory device has at least one memory chip that stores data and error correcting information. An error detecting circuit in the memory chip performs a calculation on the data and error correcting information to obtain error detection information indicating the locations of bit errors in the data. The uncorrected data and the error detection information are output from the memory chip. The uncorrected data and error detection information may also be output from the memory device, or the memory device may include a memory controller chip with an error correcting circuit that uses the error detection information to correct the bit errors and outputs corrected data from the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fukuyama, Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Image forming apparatus, image formation enabling or disabling method, and computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 8382223
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a computing unit to compute an amount of ink to be used to record raster data if a remaining amount of ink reaches a predetermined amount, and a recording control part to enable the recording if the remaining amount of ink is greater than the amount of ink computed by the computing unit. The recording control part disables the recording if the remaining amount of ink is less than or equal to the amount of ink computed by the computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokoyama, Kohichi Sadano, Satoshi Miyazaki, Masaharu Ohtani, Yoshiaki Satoh