Patents by Inventor Shimpei SONODA

Shimpei SONODA 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: 20240120664
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an array antenna configured to radiate a radio wave. The array antenna includes at least four radiating elements arranged substantially parallel to a beam scanning plane of the radio wave. The at least four radiating elements are arranged substantially parallel to a first principal surface of window glass for a building, with the antenna device arranged such that the array antenna is arranged at the first principal surface of the window glass in a non-contact manner and such that the radio wave is radiated toward a second principal surface of the window glass opposite from the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo MORIMOTO, Fuminori WATANABE, Shimpei NAGAE, Ryuta SONODA, Tetsuya HIRAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9817461
    Abstract: An abnormality display device for an electronic apparatus includes power source circuits (1) each being used inside systems of the electronic apparatus and generating each of system voltages, a voltage monitoring circuit (2) that turns on an input power source of the electronic apparatus and detects whether each system voltage normally rises up before the electronic apparatus rises, display elements (6b to 6d) that show whether an abnormality occurs in any of the system voltages through input of a signal from the voltage monitoring circuit (2), and switching elements (5a to 5c) in which a switching signal is input after each system voltage rises. The switching signal switches the display elements from a display mode used to show the abnormality of each system voltage to a display mode other than the display mode used to show the abnormality of each system voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Ohida, Shimpei Sonoda
  • Patent number: 9363412
    Abstract: An accelerator circuit for an image processing apparatus includes a buffer circuit that temporarily stores image data obtained from N (N>1) data sources and an arithmetic circuit that performs a predetermined arithmetic operation on pixel data. The buffer circuit includes N buffer memories and N 2D registers associated with the respective N data sources, a control circuit, and a selector. Each buffer memory temporarily stores image data obtained from a corresponding one of the N data sources. Each 2D register temporarily stores pixel data, which is a part of image data stored in a corresponding one of the N buffer memories, of an area of a predetermined size. The selector is controlled by the control circuit so as to select, when pixel data is stored in one of the N 2D registers, the pixel data and send the pixel data to the arithmetic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideki Sugimoto, Akihiro Matsuoka, Shimpei Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20150317779
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an imaging device, an angle detecting unit, a relative angle calculating unit, and a relative angle correcting unit. The imaging device captures an image of an object to be inspected. The angle detecting unit detects an angle of the imaging device. The relative angle calculating unit calculates a relative angle between the object to be inspected and the imaging device. The relative angle correcting unit corrects a tilt indicated by the relative angle calculated by the relative angle calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shimpei SONODA, Akihiro MATSUOKA, Hideki SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150302283
    Abstract: An accelerator circuit for an image processing apparatus includes a buffer circuit that temporarily stores image data obtained from N (N>1) data sources and an arithmetic circuit that performs a predetermined arithmetic operation on pixel data. The buffer circuit includes N buffer memories and N 2D registers associated with the respective N data sources, a control circuit, and a selector. Each buffer memory temporarily stores image data obtained from a corresponding one of the N data sources. Each 2D register temporarily stores pixel data, which is a part of image data stored in a corresponding one of the N buffer memories, of an area of a predetermined size. The selector is controlled by the control circuit so as to select, when pixel data is stored in one of the N 2D registers, the pixel data and send the pixel data to the arithmetic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideki SUGIMOTO, Akihiro MATSUOKA, Shimpei SONODA
  • Publication number: 20150161925
    Abstract: An abnormality display device for an electronic apparatus includes power source circuits (1) each being used inside systems of the electronic apparatus and generating each of system voltages, a voltage monitoring circuit (2) that turns on an input power source of the electronic apparatus and detects whether each system voltage normally rises up before the electronic apparatus rises, display elements (6b to 6d) that show whether an abnormality occurs in any of the system voltages through input of a signal from the voltage monitoring circuit (2), and switching elements (5a to 5c) in which a switching signal is input after each system voltage rises. The switching signal switches the display elements from a display mode used to show the abnormality of each system voltage to a display mode other than the display mode used to show the abnormality of each system voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori OHIDA, Shimpei SONODA