Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Tajiri

Shinichiro Tajiri 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).

  • Patent number: 8933998
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an image display device comprising a rotating section having a plurality of light emitting elements. The rotating section rotates about a center and presents an image. A sensor detects an object, and a display controller controls presentation of the image based at least in part on detection of an object by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Ito, Naoya Eguchi, Hiroki Kikuchi, Shinichiro Tajiri, Izushi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 8860826
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to operate in a line-sequential manner and a shutter device operatively coupled to the image sensor. The shutter device includes regions configured to switch between substantially open states and substantially closed states such that after a first exposure for a first frame is finished, a second exposure for a second frame is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20140300705
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup lens; a lens array disposed on an image formation plane of the image pickup lens; an image pickup device adapted to receive a light ray passing through the image pickup lens and the lens array to acquire picked up image data; and an image processing section adapted to carry out an image process for the picked up image data; the image processing section including a viewpoint image production section adapted to produce a plurality of viewpoint images based on the picked up image data, and an image synthesis processing section adapted to synthesize two or more viewpoint images from among the viewpoint images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Patent number: 8854439
    Abstract: A stereoscopic picture is viewable from all directions with high reproducibility without complicating a stereoscopic display mechanism, compared to related art. A cylindrical rotation section 104 rotating around a rotation shaft as a rotation center, a two-dimensional light-emitting element array 101 mounted in the rotation section and having a light-emission surface formed of a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a matrix, and a slit 102 arranged in a circumferential surface of the rotation section in a position facing the light-emission surface are included. As the two-dimensional light-emitting element array 101, a two-dimensional light-emitting element array including a curved portion with a concave surface which is formed as a light-emission surface is used. The plurality of light-emitting elements emit light, which corresponds to orientation of the light-emission surface, to outside of the rotation section through the slit 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Ito, Naoya Eguchi, Hiroki Kikuchi, Shinichiro Tajiri, Izushi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20140285772
    Abstract: There is provided a light source device including a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength region, a second light source configured to emit light in a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region, a wavelength conversion unit including a fluorescent material and configured to emit fluorescent emission light in a different wavelength region upon irradiation with the light in the first wavelength region, and a combining unit that has wavelength selectivity to a specific wavelength region corresponding to the second wavelength region and combines the light in the first wavelength region from the first light source, the light in the second wavelength region from the second light source, and the fluorescent emission light which are incident on the combining unit with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20140285774
    Abstract: There is provided a light source device including at least one light source configured to emit light, a diffusion plate configured to diffuse and reflect the light emitted from the light source, and a partial transmission member which is provided between the light source and the diffusion plate and has a transmission region which allows the light to pass through and a reflection region which reflects the light and is except the transmission region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Patent number: 8842201
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup lens; a lens array disposed on an image formation plane of the image pickup lens; an image pickup device adapted to receive a light ray passing through the image pickup lens and the lens array to acquire picked up image data; and an image processing section adapted to carry out an image process for the picked up image data; the image processing section including a viewpoint image production section adapted to produce a plurality of viewpoint images based on the picked up image data, and an image synthesis processing section adapted to synthesize two or more viewpoint images from among the viewpoint images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20140070446
    Abstract: It is intended to avoid dose dumping of a drug and improve the dissolution properties of the drug in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and thereby provide a sustained-release pellet preparation for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect when orally administered once or twice a day. The present invention provides a sustained-release preparation obtained by mixing of (A) a pharmacologically active drug, (B) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate, (C) a plasticizer, and (D) polyethylene glycol followed by extrusion granulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Kanamaru, Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Patent number: 8456552
    Abstract: An image pickup unit includes an image pickup lens, a lens array disposed on an image formation plane of the image pickup lens, and an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally along first and second directions intersecting each other. The lens array includes a plurality of lens sections each being assigned to a region of m- by n-pixel in the image pickup device, where each of m and n is an integer of 1 or more, and m is different from n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20130012535
    Abstract: It is intended to avoid dose dumping of a drug and improve the dissolution properties of the drug in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and thereby provide a sustained-release pellet preparation for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect when orally administered once or twice a day. The present invention provides a sustained-release preparation obtained by mixing of (A) a pharmacologically active drug, (B) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate, (C) a plasticizer, and (D) polyethylene glycol followed by extrusion granulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Kanamaru, Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20130005763
    Abstract: It is intended to avoid dose dumping of a drug and improve the dissolution properties of a drug in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and thereby provide a sustained-release solid preparation for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect when orally administered once or twice a day. The present invention provides a sustained-release solid preparation containing (A) a pharmacologically active drug, (B) carboxyvinyl polymer, (C) povidone, and (D) carmellose sodium, xanthan gum, or sodium carboxymethyl starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Kanamaru, Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20130004550
    Abstract: It is intended to avoid dose dumping of a drug and improve the dissolution properties of the drug in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and thereby provide a sustained-release matrix preparation for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect when orally administered once or twice a day. The present invention provides a sustained-release preparation obtained by mixing of (A) a pharmacologically active drug, (B) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate having a median size (D50) of 40 ?m or smaller, (C) a cellulose derivative, and (D) a saccharide or a nonionic water-soluble polymer followed by molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Kanamaru, Shinichiro Tajiri, Sachiko Fukui, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120229688
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup lens, a lens array and an image sensor is capable of reducing brightness unevenness of an image taken by the apparatus by making use of the lens array. In the image pickup apparatus for obtaining an image while separating light rays from each other to propagate in a plurality of viewpoint directions by making use of the image pickup lens, the lens array and the image sensor, the lens array is configured to include a plurality of first lens sections and a plurality of second lens sections. Principal light rays passing through the image pickup lens and the first lens sections can be guided to propagate to the light receiving surfaces of pixels on the image sensor 13 in directions approximately perpendicular to the light receiving surfaces. A local optical loss in the image sensor can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20120176506
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup lens; a lens array disposed on an image formation plane of the image pickup lens; an image pickup device adapted to receive a light ray passing through the image pickup lens and the lens array to acquire picked up image data; and an image processing section adapted to carry out an image process for the picked up image data; the image processing section including a viewpoint image production section adapted to produce a plurality of viewpoint images based on the picked up image data, and an image synthesis processing section adapted to synthesize two or more viewpoint images from among the viewpoint images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20120113302
    Abstract: An image pickup unit includes an image pickup lens, a lens array disposed on an image formation plane of the image pickup lens, and an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally along first and second directions intersecting each other. The lens array includes a plurality of lens sections each being assigned to a region of m- by n-pixel in the image pickup device, where each of m and n is an integer of 1 or more, and m is different from n.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20120105597
    Abstract: An image processor capable of obtaining viewpoint images which are allowed to achieve natural stereoscopic image display is provided. The image processor includes a parallax correction section correcting magnitude of parallax, depending on position on an image plane, for each of a plurality of viewpoint images, the viewpoint images having been taken from respective viewpoints different from one another, and each having a nonuniform parallax distribution in the image plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20120026417
    Abstract: An imaging device that can obtain natural parallax images with reduced limitation of polarization is provided. An imaging device 1 performs switching between transmission and blockage in two regions 12L and 12R of the liquid crystal shutter by the driving of the liquid crystal shutter driving section 14. The imaging element 13 thereby obtains imaging data based on received light beam in each of the regions 12L and 12R. Because the regions 12L and 12R are different regions from each other, light beams transmitted by the regions 12L and 12R have a parallax with respect to each other. Each of the regions 12L and 12R is divided into sub-regions 12L1 and 12L2 selectively transmitting first polarized light and sub-regions 12R1 and 12R2 selectively transmitting second polarized light. The received light beam in each of the regions 12L and 12R in the imaging element 13 is based on both the first polarized light and the second polarized light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20120019736
    Abstract: An imaging device capable of obtaining desired visual point images without the attitude at a time of photographing being limited to one direction is provided. The imaging device 2 includes: an imaging lens 11; an imaging element 13 for obtaining imaging data on a basis of received light; a liquid crystal shutter 19 divided into four or more regions, the liquid crystal shutter 19 being capable of controlling transmittance in each of the regions; a liquid crystal shutter driving section 14 for switching between transmission and blockage in each of the regions in the liquid crystal shutter 19; and a casing in which the imaging lens, the imaging element, and the liquid crystal shutter are housed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20120002099
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup lens; a shutter capable of changing over a plurality of light paths from the image pickup lens individually between a light transmission state and a light blocking state; an image pickup element including a plurality of light receiving pixels for which exposure and signal reading out are carried out line-sequentially and adapted to acquire picked up image data based on transmission light beams of the light paths; and a control section adapted to control changeover between the light transmission state and the light blocking state of the light paths by the shutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20110292183
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a parallax control processing section performing an image processing for modifying a parallax magnitude, on each of a plurality of parallax images obtained through shooting from a plurality of respective view point directions different from one another, with use of shooting information related to a shooting condition for each of the parallax images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tajiri, Hiroki Kikuchi, Seiji Kobayashi