Patents by Inventor Seiji Takano

Seiji Takano 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: 20240331693
    Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus includes an acquisition portion that is configured to acquire state information regarding at least one of a movable portion in a target device operated according to an input speech or a connected device connected to the target device; a recognition control portion that is configured to set a control content for recognizing the speech based on the state information acquired by the acquisition portion and to recognize the speech; and an output portion that is configured to output a command signal for operating the target device to the target device according to a recognition result of the recognition control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori ITO, Seiji TAKANO, Yusuke TAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190121227
    Abstract: A projector is provided with a projection unit that projects an image on a projection surface; a detection unit that detects the direction of approach of an indication member or of the shadow of the indication member that has approached a detection region including the projection surface; and a controller that controls display gaps of a plurality of icons which is projected on the projection surface based on the projection direction in which the image is projected by the projection unit and the direction of approach which is detected by the detection unit, wherein the controller makes the display gaps when a plurality of the icons are projected along the projection direction wider than the display gaps when a plurality of the icons are projected along a direction which is different from the projection direction of the projection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji TAKANO, Hidenori KURIBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10203594
    Abstract: A projector is provided with a projection unit that projects onto a projection surface a projected image that is based on image data; a detection unit that detects the direction of approach of an indication member or of the shadow of the indication member that has approached a detection region which includes the projected image; an icon memory unit that stores the image data of a plurality of icons; a decision unit that decides at least one of the display sizes of the icons, the display gaps between the icons, and the display positions of the icons, on the basis of the projection direction of the projected image and the direction of approach detected by the detection unit; and a projection control unit that projects the icons onto the display positions decided by the decision unit at the display sizes and display gaps decided by the decision unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Takano, Hidenori Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20180210204
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a technique for accurately performing an operation desired by a user. A user's head operation is identified according to information detected by a head motion detection unit. A process desired by the user is executed according to an angular velocity of the head motion. Moreover, the technique uses a control unit which can accurately execute an operation by the user's head operation without reflecting the return motion of the user's head in the process. The control unit executes a process for a start and an end of each process corresponding to the detected angular velocity according to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji TAKANO, Masaki OTSUKI, Akinobu SUGA, Nobuhiro FUJINAWA, Hidenori KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170307884
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a technique for accurately performing an operation desired by a user. A user's head operation is identified according to information detected by a head motion detection unit. A process desired by the user is executed according to an angular velocity of the head motion. Moreover, the technique uses a control unit which can accurately execute an operation by the user's head operation without reflecting the return motion of the user's head in the process. The control unit executes a process for a start and an end of each process corresponding to the detected angular velocity according to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji TAKANO, Masaki OTSUKI, Akinobu SUGA, Nobuhiro FUJINAWA, Hidenori KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160004079
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a technique for accurately performing an operation desired by a user. A user's head operation is identified according to information detected by a head motion detection unit. A process desired by the user is executed according to an angular velocity of the head motion. Moreover, the technique uses a control unit which can accurately execute an operation by the user's head operation without reflecting the return motion of the user's head in the process. The control unit executes a process for a start and an end of each process corresponding to the detected angular velocity according to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji TAKANO, Masaki OTSUKI, Akinobu SUGA, Nobuhiro FUJINAWA, Hidenori KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20120098865
    Abstract: A projector is provided with a projection unit that projects onto a projection surface a projected image that is based on image data; a detection unit that detects the direction of approach of an indication member or of the shadow of the indication member that has approached a detection region which includes the projected image; an icon memory unit that stores the image data of a plurality of icons; a decision unit that decides at least one of the display sizes of the icons, the display gaps between the icons, and the display positions of the icons, on the basis of the projection direction of the projected image and the direction of approach detected by the detection unit; and a projection control unit that projects the icons onto the display positions decided by the decision unit at the display sizes and display gaps decided by the decision unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji TAKANO, Hidenori KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20120098852
    Abstract: Provided are: an image display unit that displays an image based on image data; a detection unit that detects a position corresponding to the tip of an indication member that indicates a part of the image that has been displayed by the image display unit; an extraction unit that extracts image data for a predetermined region including the position corresponding to the tip from the image data; and a control unit that controls such that a window that displays an image that is based on the extracted image data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori KURIBAYASHI, Seiji TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20100259471
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a technique for accurately performing an operation desired by a user. A user's head operation is identified according to information detected by a head motion detection unit. A process desired by the user is executed according to an angular velocity of the head motion. Moreover, the technique uses a control unit which can accurately execute an operation by the user's head operation without reflecting the return motion of the user's head in the process. The control unit executes a process for a start and an end of each process corresponding to the detected angular velocity according to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Takano, Masaki Otsuki, Akinobu Suga, Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Hidenori Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20100253864
    Abstract: A digital photo frame enabling video to be viewed not only in a stationary state but also when carried in the hand of the viewer, that is, a digital photo frame having a display for displaying an image, a detector detecting if the frame is carried on a cradle or is detached from the cradle, and an output controller setting different output modes of the video in accordance with the results of detection of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Seiji Takano, Kazue Minagawa
  • Patent number: 7304326
    Abstract: A light emitting device has: a light emitting element; a conducting portion to supply power to the light emitting element; an element housing portion that houses the light emitting element therein; and a sealing material that seals the light emitting element housed in the element housing portion. The sealing material contains a transparent resin material and a transparent filler with a thermal expansion coefficient smaller than the transparent resin material, and the transparent filler has a refractive index nearly equal to the transparent resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Hideaki Kato, Seiji Takano
  • Publication number: 20050173708
    Abstract: A light emitting device has: a light emitting element; a conducting portion to supply power to the light emitting element; an element housing portion that houses the light emitting element therein; and a sealing material that seals the light emitting element housed in the element housing portion. The sealing material contains a transparent resin material and a transparent filler with a thermal expansion coefficient smaller than the transparent resin material, and the transparent filler has a refractive index nearly equal to the transparent resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Hideaki Kato, Seiji Takano