Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Kaneko

Shinichiro Kaneko 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: 20240113643
    Abstract: To provide an operation control method, in which a state (water level) of a monitored place (water source) is monitored, and when the state of the monitored place satisfies a predetermined start condition in a standby state where the engine of an engine-driven electric generator stops, an engine is started; the inverter device is caused to perform output to gradually increase a frequency from a predetermined low frequency (e.g., 0 Hz) to a predetermined set frequency (e.g., 60 Hz); and the output of a predetermined steady frequency (e.g., 60 Hz) is continued to be performed. Then, when the state of the monitored place satisfies a predetermined stop condition (lower than the lower limit water level), the inverter device is caused to stop an output and the engine is caused to stop to transit to the standby state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Shinichiro TAKAHASHI, Yuichi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240106366
    Abstract: An output variable type electric generator includes an inverter output circuit having an inverter and a standard output circuit between an electric generator main body outputting a three-phase alternating current of low voltage and high voltage by switching a wire connection pattern of armature coils and a three-phase output terminal block. The generator further includes an output format selector switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shinichiro TAKAHASHI, Yuichi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11228836
    Abstract: A system for implementing filter control includes an audio processing apparatus, an analog-to-digital converter, a digital-to-analog converter, a filter, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive parameters that define a frequency response in a given frequency bandwidth. The processor is also configured to generate, based on the parameters, a response curve representative of a frequency response of a filter. The processor is also configured to generate, based on the response curve, a filter coefficient of the filter. The lower inclined portion corresponds to, within the given frequency bandwidth, a frequency bandwidth that is lower than a frequency bandwidth corresponding to the upper inclined portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Ishizuka, Kenichi Tamiya, Takashi Mita, Shinichiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20210014609
    Abstract: A system for implementing filter control includes an audio processing apparatus, an analog-to-digital converter, a digital-to-analog converter, a filter, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive parameters that define a frequency response in a given frequency bandwidth. The processor is also configured to generate, based on the parameters, a response curve representative of a frequency response of a filter. The processor is also configured to generate, based on the response curve, a filter coefficient of the filter. The lower inclined portion corresponds to, within the given frequency bandwidth, a frequency bandwidth that is lower than a frequency bandwidth corresponding to the upper inclined portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji ISHIZUKA, Kenichi TAMIYA, Takashi MITA, Shinichiro KANEKO
  • Patent number: 10203128
    Abstract: A chilled water circulation system includes a thermal source, an AHU, a pump, and a control section. The thermal source chills water to a specified temperature. The AHU cools air by heat exchange with the chilled water. The pump feeds the chilled water having a flow rate corresponding to an operating frequency of a power inverter to the AHU. The control section calculates a degree of surplus, which indicates surplus capacity of the AHU to cool air, on the basis of information indicating the state of the AHU. If the degree of surplus is not lower than the specified threshold, the control section controls the operating frequency of the power inverter, thereby decreasing the flow rate of the chilled water fed from the pump. If the degree of surplus is lower than the specified threshold, the control section increases the flow rate of the chilled water fed from the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NTT FACILITIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ari Yoshii, Shinichiro Kaneko, Kanji Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20170182085
    Abstract: Provided are a therapeutic agent and a prophylactic agent for keratoconjunctive disorder, each agent comprising sacran. A therapeutic agent or a prophylactic agent for keratoconjunctive disorder, each agent comprising sacran.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro KANEKO, Masaaki SASAOKA, Takashi NAGANO, Satoshi SHIRAE
  • Publication number: 20150354851
    Abstract: A cold/chilled water circulation system comprises a thermal source, an AHU, a pump, and a control section. The thermal source cools chilled water to a specified temperature. The AHU is an air conditioner that cools air by heat exchange with the chilled water. The pump feeds the chilled water having a flow rate corresponding to an operating frequency of a power inverter to the AHU from the thermal source. The control section calculates a degree of surplus, which indicates surplus capacity of the AHU to cool air, on the basis of information indicating the state of the AHU. The control section controls the operating frequency of the power inverter, to decrease the flow rate of the fed chilled water if the degree of surplus is not lower than the specified threshold, and to increase the flow rate if the degree of surplus is lower than the specified threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ari Yoshii, Shinichiro Kaneko, Kanji Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8213496
    Abstract: A motion-vector-setting section (31) sets a motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. Based on the motion vector, a target-pixel-setting section (35) sets a target pixel for each image in plural images to be processed. A motion-blur-amount-setting section (33) sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the motion vector and the exposure-time ratio set in units of image in the exposure-time-ratio-setting section (32). A processing-region-setting section (36) sets processing regions corresponding to the target pixel for each of the plural images based on the motion blur amount. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets processing coefficients based on the motion blur amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Publication number: 20120037787
    Abstract: An image sensor comprises, a substrate, a plurality of photoelectric converters mounted on the substrate, for each of which a photoelectric conversion layer is formed of an organic compound layer and is sandwiched between an anode and a cathode so as to perform photoelectric conversion based on incident light, drive circuits for detecting output provided by a signal current generated by the photoelectric converters and for reading signal charges, and a wiring for electrically connecting the photoelectric converters and the drive circuits, wherein, for the plurality of the photoelectric converters that form one read pixels, the size of a photoelectric conversion area differs in accordance with a sensitivity of each of the plurality of photoelectric converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kitada, Masahiro Inoue, Shinichiro Kaneko, Takahiro Komatsu, Masakazu Mizusaki, Yasuyuki Takano
  • Patent number: 7940993
    Abstract: A motion-setting section (61) sets a motion amount and a motion direction for obtaining processing coefficients. A student-image-generating section (62) generates student images obtained by adding a motion blur to a teacher image not only based on the set motion amount and the set motion direction but also by changing at least one of the motion amount and motion direction in a specific ratio and student images obtained by adding no motion blur to the teacher image. A prediction-tap-extracting section (64) extracts, in order to extract a main term that mainly contains component of the target pixel, at least a pixel value of pixel in the student image whose space position roughly agrees with space position of the target pixel in the teacher image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Patent number: 7903890
    Abstract: A target-pixel-setting section (31) sets a target pixel in a target image to be predicted. A motion-direction-detecting section (32) detects a motion direction corresponding to the target pixel. A pixel-value-extracting section (36) extracts from peripheral images corresponding to the target image, in order to extract a main term that mainly contains component of the target pixel in a moving object that encounters a motion blur in the peripheral images, at least pixel values of pixels in the peripheral images whose space position roughly agree with space position of the target pixel. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37a) sets a specific motion-blur-removing-processing coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Patent number: 7750943
    Abstract: A shooting-information-detecting section detects shooting information from an image pick-up section. A motion-detecting section detects a motion direction of an image on an overall screen based on a motion direction of the image pick-up section contained in the shooting information. A processing-region-setting section sets a processing region in at least any one of a predicted target image and a peripheral image thereof, which correspond to a target pixel in the predicted target image. A processing-coefficient-setting section sets a motion-blur-removing-processing coefficient that corresponds to the motion direction detected in the motion-detecting section. A pixel-value-generating section generates a pixel value that corresponds to the target pixel based on a pixel value of a pixel in the processing region set in the processing-region-setting section and the processing coefficient set in the processing-coefficient-setting section. Motion-blur-removing processing can be accurately performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Patent number: 7710461
    Abstract: A motion-vector-setting section (31) sets a first motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. An exposure-time-ratio-setting section (32) sets in units of image an exposure time ratio that is a ratio between a time interval of the target image and a period of exposure time. A motion-blur-amount-setting section (33) sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the exposure time ratio and the first motion vector. Based on the motion amount, a processing-region-setting section (36) sets processing regions as well as a processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets processing coefficients. A pixel-value-generating section (38) generates pixel values that correspond to the target pixel from pixel values in the processing region and the processing coefficients. A motion-blur-adding section (41) adds a motion blur to an image containing the pixel value generated based on an input second motion vector and the first motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Publication number: 20080259169
    Abstract: A motion-vector-setting section (31) sets a first motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. An exposure-time-ratio-setting section (32) sets in units of image an exposure time ratio that is a ratio between a time interval of the target image and a period of exposure time. A motion-blur-amount-setting section (33) sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the exposure time ratio and the first motion vector. Based on the motion amount, a processing-region-setting section (36) sets processing regions as well as a processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets processing coefficients. A pixel-value-generating section (38) generates pixel values that correspond to the target pixel from pixel values in the processing region and the processing coefficients. A motion-blur-adding section (41) adds a motion blur to an image containing the pixel value generated based on an input second motion vector and the first motion vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Publication number: 20080129873
    Abstract: A motion-vector-setting section (31) sets a motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. Based on the motion vector, a target-pixel-setting section (35) sets a target pixel for each image in plural images to be processed. A motion-blur-amount-setting section (33) sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the motion vector and the exposure-time ratio set in units of image in the exposure-time-ratio-setting section (32). A processing-region-setting section (36) sets processing regions corresponding to the target pixel for each of the plural images based on the motion blur amount. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets processing coefficients based on the motion blur amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Publication number: 20080095400
    Abstract: A shooting-information-detecting section (31) detects shooting information from an image pick-up section (10). A motion-detecting section (33) detects a motion direction of an image on an overall screen based on a motion direction of the image pick-up section contained in the shooting information. A processing-region-setting section (36) sets a processing region in at least any one of a predicted target image and a peripheral image thereof, which correspond to a target pixel in the predicted target image. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets a motion-blur-removing-processing coefficient that corresponds to the motion direction detected in the motion-detecting section (33). A pixel-value-generating section (38) generates a pixel value that corresponds to the target pixel based on a pixel value of a pixel in the processing region set in the processing-region-setting section (36) and the processing coefficient set in the processing-coefficient-setting section (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Publication number: 20080075362
    Abstract: A motion-setting section (61) sets a motion amount and a motion direction for obtaining processing coefficients. A student-image-generating section (62) generates student images obtained by adding a motion blur to a teacher image not only based on the set motion amount and the set motion direction but also by changing at least one of the motion amount and motion direction in a specific ratio and student images obtained by adding no motion blur to the teacher image. A prediction-tap-extracting section (64) extracts, in order to extract a main term that mainly contains component of the target pixel, at least a pixel value of pixel in the student image whose space position roughly agrees with space position of the target pixel in the teacher image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Publication number: 20080035835
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion sensor according to the invention comprises: a substrate; a plurality of organic photoelectric conversion pixel parts arranged on the substrate for converting incident light to an electric signal; a light transmissive substrate for transmitting incident light; an optical filter arranged on the light transmissive substrate for limiting the wavelength range of incident light to the plurality of organic photoelectric conversion pixel parts; and a support part for supporting the substrate and the light transmissive substrate in a state where the organic photoelectric conversion pixel parts are separated from the optical filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro KOMATSU, Masakazu MIZUSAKI, Shinichiro KANEKO, Masahiro INOUE, Takashi KITADA
  • Publication number: 20080008356
    Abstract: A target-pixel-setting section (31) sets a target pixel in a target image to be predicted. A motion-direction-detecting section (32) detects a motion direction corresponding to the target pixel. A pixel-value-extracting section (36) extracts from peripheral images corresponding to the target image, in order to extract a main term that mainly contains component of the target pixel in a moving object that encounters a motion blur in the peripheral images, at least pixel values of pixels in the peripheral images whose space position roughly agree with space position of the target pixel. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37a) sets a specific motion-blur-removing-processing coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
  • Patent number: 7079084
    Abstract: The invention presents an antenna element capable of attenuating electric far filed while suppressing attenuation of magnetic near field of electromagnetic field radiated from loop antenna as an application example of antenna element, and a loop antenna and a communication control apparatus of wireless communications medium using the same. The antenna element of the invention comprises a conductor, and a conductive electromagnetic shield disposed on its surface by way of an insulator. The conductive electromagnetic shield has a ground contact, a lead portion, and a plurality of branches, and it is composed so as to determine uniquely the route from an arbitrary point of branches to the ground contact by way of the lead portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Notohara, Shinichiro Kaneko, Shoichi Shimizu, Koji Yoshida