Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kato

Shigeru Kato 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: 20150325463
    Abstract: An attaching apparatus, a substrate and a support that can be uniformly attached through an adhesive layer. The attaching apparatus is equipped with a set plate and a press plate formed of ceramics. The set plate and the press plate have a flatness of 1.0 ?m or less when not pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Junichi KATSURAGAWA, Yoshihiro INAO, Shigeru KATO
  • Publication number: 20150262858
    Abstract: An attaching device configured to attach a substrate and a support via an adhesive layer is provided with support holding members. Holding tools of the support holding members are configured to hold the support with oblique surface parts (contact members) of the holding tools without coming into contact with a surface of the support, which is to be attached to the substrate. The attaching device attaches, to the substrate, the support of which the surface is held not to be contacted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inao, Shigeru Kato, Shugo Tsushima, Junichi Katsuragawa, Satoshi Kobari, Akihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150165741
    Abstract: A bonding method which includes a pressing step of bonding a substrate and a support plate for supporting the substrate to each other through an adhesive layer and pressing the bonded substrate and support plate using a plate member; and, after the pressing step, a pressure adjusting step of placing the substrate and the support plate bonded to each other through the adhesive layer in an environment having higher pressure than pressure of an environment in which the pressing step is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Hirofumi Imai, Atsushi Kubo, Takahiro Yoshioka, Kimihiro Nakada, Shigeru Kato, Yasumasa Iwata
  • Patent number: 8922693
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus is capable of concurrently shooting an image displayed by a display and a determined sub-area designated in the image. The imaging apparatus includes an optical system that collects light from a subject for image formation, an imaging device that generates image data by photoelectrically converting the light, a display that can display an image corresponding to the image data, an input unit, an effective region determination unit that determines an effective region in which the determined sub-area can be set through input of a signal from the input unit, based on characteristic information of the optical system corresponding to a shooting condition, and a display control unit that causes the display to display information indicating the effective region in accordance with a result of determination by the effective region determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20140374017
    Abstract: A bonding method including an adhesive layer forming process in which a thermoplastic adhesive is applied to a substrate or a support plate and an adhesive layer is formed; a heating process in which the adhesive layer that is formed on the substrate or the support plate is heated; and a bonding process in which the substrate and the support plate are pressed against each other via the heated adhesive layer, thereby bonding the substrate and the support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Shigeru Kato, Takahiro Setaka, Shingo Ishida
  • Patent number: 8907866
    Abstract: A displaying unit displaying an image, a recognizing unit recognizing use history of the displaying unit, and a decision unit deciding a permissible viewing time of the image for a user, based on the use history are provided, and the display of the image by the displaying unit is stopped according to the permissible viewing time. Alternatively, the user is encouraged to finish watching the image according to the permissible viewing time. In a head mount display including a displaying unit and mountable on the head of a user, it is possible to realize a fatigue countermeasure appropriate for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Kato
  • Publication number: 20140332147
    Abstract: A sticking apparatus including a pair of plate members sandwiching a laminate between the pair of plate members, and supporting members supporting the plate members. The supporting members supporting at least one of the plate members are located in a form of multiple dots or lines adjacent to each other at regular intervals on the plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Yoshihiro Inao, Shigeru Kato
  • Patent number: 8593374
    Abstract: A headphone includes a pad which is brought into contact with a human head, an enclosure which outputs an audio, and a dome as means for adjusting quality of the audio output by resonating or absorbing the sound wave emitted from the enclosure. The dome has no parts other than those used for absorbing and reflecting audio and is almost hollow. In the dome is arranged a circuit substrate by using a circuit support part having a shape not blocking the air flowing in the dome. Such a circuit substrate is also built in the other headphone. The circuit substrates arranged in the dome of the headphone are connected by a cable arranged inside a head band or an FPC for transmission of a signal and power supply. Thus, it is possible to provide an output device which can solve the problem of the dimensions for containing operation processing devices and the problem of heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Kazuou Isagi, Masaki Otsuki, Kenzo Chiaki
  • Publication number: 20130265212
    Abstract: A head-mounted display has a rear arm, an accommodating part attached to the rear arm, a display arm that is held in the accommodating part, a display part which is pivotably attached to a tip end of the display arm, and headphones which are disposed on both end parts of the rear arm. A flat cable which supplies a power source and signals to the image display device is led into the accommodating part via a wiring attachment part, and is fastened to the accommodating part by the wiring attachment part. In the accommodating part, the intermediate part of the flat cable is fastened by a wiring retainer. The flat cable enters the display arm from the rear end part of the display arm, and is further conducted to the image display device inside the display part via a spherical-surface coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru KATO, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Masaki OOTSUKI
  • Patent number: 8433173
    Abstract: An object is to provide a content reproduction system in which matching of a content reproduction apparatus and a device is performed flexibly and efficiently. For this purpose, the content reproduction system includes a content reproduction apparatus which reproduces a content including at least one of audio and an image, and a device connected to the content reproduction apparatus, in which the content reproduction apparatus is provided with acknowledging unit which acknowledges a driving condition of the device and a controlling unit which operates according to the acknowledged driving condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Masaki Otsuki
  • Patent number: 8400371
    Abstract: The head mounted display of the present invention has a display part for displaying images to the wearer, a supporting part which supports the display part, which is fed out into a position in front of as eye from a position that is not located in front of the face, and which is moved from this position in front of as eye into this position that is not located in front of the face, and a mounting part which holds this supporting part, and which is mounted on the wearer in a position that is not located in front of the face, and is constructed so that the supporting part can move past the side of the head along the contour of the head. As a result, a display device is produced which is relatively free of unsightliness with respect to the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Masaki Otsuki, Nobuyuki Miyake, Kenzo Chiaki
  • Patent number: 8362974
    Abstract: Inclination of an image display unit is prevented at the time of using a wearable display unit in which the image display unit can move between a projection position where the image display unit comes in front of a user's eye and a retracted position where the image display unit has been retracted from the front of the user's eye. A display support member 27 is prevented from rotating in relation to a display support member housing part 31 in a direction included in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the display support member 27, even in a state that the display support member can move. To that end, grooves 28a, 28b extending in the longitudinal direction are formed in the display support member 27, while guide rollers 34a, 34a in contact with these grooves are provided within the display support member housing part 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Shigeru Kato, Masaki Ootsuki
  • Patent number: 8362972
    Abstract: A headphone (3) has LEDs indicating whether a head-mounted display is used for the left eye or for the right eye. In the case shown in the attached figure, the LED of L showing that the display is used for the left eye is lit. Whether the head-mounted display is used for the left eye or for the right eye is indicated by the LEDs, and depending on whether it is used for the left eye or for the right eye, audio outputted from the headphone (3) is switched over between the left and the right. Independent of whether the head-mounted display is used for the left eye or for the right eye, audio for the right ear is outputted for the right ear and audio for the left ear is outputted for the left ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Miyakawa, Shigeru Kato
  • Patent number: 8325263
    Abstract: A camera operates in cooperation with a wearable image display apparatus configured to be wearable on an eye region of a user. The camera includes an imaging unit, a vibration detection unit, a transmission availability judgment unit and a communication unit. The imaging unit acquires an image of a subject. The vibration detection unit detects vibration of the camera. The transmission availability judgment unit permits transmission of the image acquired by the imaging unit to the wearable image display apparatus when the vibration detection unit does not detect the vibration of the camera, and prohibits transmission of the image acquired by the imaging unit to the wearable image display apparatus when the vibration detection unit detects the vibration of the camera. The communication unit transmits the image acquired by the imaging unit to the wearable image display apparatus when transmission of the image acquired by the imaging unit is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 8264558
    Abstract: Video display apparatus, remote controller for reproduction apparatus, and reproduction apparatus meeting user's usage conditions with high operability have structure including: remote controller for video display apparatus, the remote controller having connection section connected to video display section, operation members receiving operations by user to the video display section, and control section having at least two action modes for operating the video display section responding to operations to the operation members; attachment member attaching the remote controller for video display apparatus to user's clothes etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Ootsuki, Nobuyuki Miyake, Shigeru Kato
  • Patent number: 7975826
    Abstract: A stacker is composed of a bottom plate, a containing section for storing a plurality of cards by stacking it on the bottom plate and a guiding section for guiding each card entering into the containing section. The guiding section is composed of a sidewall for restricting movement of an entering card when entering into the stacker in a first moving direction and a slanted section for slanting the card against the first moving direction. The slanted card moves in a second moving direction intersecting with the first moving direction at approximately a right angle by the gravitational force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Masato Mihara
  • Patent number: 7941196
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a casing has a first casing, a second casing to be put together with the first casing, and a waterproof member formed of an elastic material to prevent water from penetrating between the first casing and the second casing. The second casing has a recess. The waterproof member has a peripheral part which, when fitted into the recess, prevents penetration of water. The peripheral part is provided at the periphery of the waterproof member, which is laid out all around space between the first casing and the second casing. A projection engages with a dent. A restriction part of the first casing, provided at a position facing the peripheral part and protruding toward the second casing, prevents the peripheral part from coming out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Takeru Baba, Toshiyuki Murakami, Shigeru Kato, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100219579
    Abstract: A stacker is composed of a bottom plate, a containing section for storing a plurality of cards by stacking it on the bottom plate and a guiding section for guiding each card entering into the containing section. The guiding section is composed of a sidewall for restricting movement of an entering card when entering into the stacker in a first moving direction and a slanted section for slanting the card against the first moving direction. The slanted card moves in a second moving direction intersecting with the first moving direction at approximately a right angle by the gravitational force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Masato Mihara
  • Publication number: 20100208121
    Abstract: A camera operates in cooperation with a wearable image display apparatus configured to be wearable on an eye region of a user. The camera includes an imaging unit, a vibration detection unit, a transmission availability judgment unit and a communication unit. The imaging unit acquires an image of a subject. The vibration detection unit detects vibration of the camera. The transmission availability judgment unit permits transmission of the image acquired by the imaging unit to the wearable image display apparatus when the vibration detection unit does not detect the vibration of the camera, and prohibits transmission of the image acquired by the imaging unit to the wearable image display apparatus when the vibration detection unit detects the vibration of the camera. The communication unit transmits the image acquired by the imaging unit to the wearable image display apparatus when transmission of the image acquired by the imaging unit is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Shigeru Kato, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20100188314
    Abstract: Inclination of an image display unit is prevented at the time of using a wearable display unit in which the image display unit can move between a projection position where the image display unit comes in front of a user's eye and a retracted position where the image display unit has been retracted from the front of the user's eye. A display support member 27 is prevented from rotating in relation to a display support member housing part 31 in a direction included in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the display support member 27, even in a state that the display support member can move. To that end, grooves 28a, 28b extending in the longitudinal direction are formed in the display support member 27, while guide rollers 34a, 34a in contact with these grooves are provided within the display support member housing part 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Shigeru Kato, Masaki Ootsuki