Patents by Inventor Shinji Takemoto
Shinji Takemoto 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).
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Patent number: 7677215Abstract: A power management device comprises a start management control unit having a starter hold control function for actuating a starter motor and holding the actuation based on an operating signal from a button switch, a first terminating unit for terminating cranking hold when receiving a starter stop instruction signal sent from an engine control device when it is determined that an engine reached a complete explosion, a second terminating unit for terminating cranking hold when it is determined that the engine reached a complete explosion based on an engine revolution signal sent from the engine control device, and a forced terminating unit for forcefully terminating cranking hold when cranking hold cannot be terminated by those terminating units.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Kazuhi Yamaguchi, Shinichiro Takatomi, Takashi Matsui, Shinji Takemoto, Shinji Yamashita
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Patent number: 7643728Abstract: A video signal recording apparatus with a video and audio memorizing section for temporarily memorizing an inputted video audio signal, a time code generating section for generating a time-code of said video audio signal an auxiliary information memorizing section for temporarily memorizing auxiliary information appended to said video audio signal including said time code generating a regeneration value obtained from a time code to which one frame time is added to said recorded time code when a recording starts and correcting said regeneration value for an amount of delay corresponding to a storage volume temporarily memorized in said auxiliary information (time code, metadata, CUE audio signal, and the like) memorizing section and thus obtaining a corrected time code, and thereafter sequential time codes are generated from said corrected time code though said time code generating section.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akiyuki Noda, Shinji Takemoto, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Tsuneki Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20090325425Abstract: Disclosed herein is a female connector structure including a plurality of pin insertion holes arranged in a row to correspond to a plurality of columnar connector pins arranged in a male connector section and adapted to receive the respective connector pins individually inserted thereinto; a pair of connector inner walls formed externally of the pin insertion holes of opposite ends so as to extend in a depth direction of the pin insertion holes; and a pair of grooves each formed on an inner surface of the connector inner wall so as to be gradually shallower as the groove goes from an opening side of the pin insertion hole toward a deepest side thereof in such a manner as to receive a projection, fitted thereinto, provided on the male connector section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Yuji OHSHIMA, Shinji Takemoto
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Publication number: 20090279192Abstract: It is intended to carry out a focusing operation suitably in each case of automatic focusing and manual focus adjustment. Therefore, in the present invention, there is provided a first focus ring 1 movable between a first position and a second position on an optical axis. Further, a first rotation-angle detection unit detecting a rotation amount of the first focus ring 1 at the first position, a second focus ring 2 coupled to the first focus ring 1 when the first focus ring 1 is at the first position, and a second rotation-angle detection unit detecting a rotation amount of the second focus ring 2 are provided. When the first focus ring 1 is at the first position, a focus lens is driven based on the rotation amount detected by the first rotation-angle detection unit, and when the first focus ring 1 is at the second position, the focus lens is driven based on the rotation amount detected by the second rotation-angle detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyoshi Harada, Shinji Takemoto, Masahito Kikuchi
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Patent number: 7616252Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a driver driving an optical element of an image pickup device to adjust a focus position of the image pickup device in the capturing of an image of a subject, includes a relative angle variation calculating unit for calculating a relative angle variation, a mode change detecting unit for detecting of a change of a mode of the relative angle variation through determining whether the mode of the relative angle variation, calculated by the relative angle variation calculating unit, is a stable mode involving a small amount of change or an unstable mode involving a large amount of change, and a focus position control process startup unit for managing a startup of a focus position control process controlling the focus position through controlling the driver in response to a pattern of the change of the mode detected by the mode change detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yujiro Ito, Hidekazu Suto, Shinji Takemoto
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Patent number: 7612823Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a driver driving an optical element of an image pickup device to adjust a focus position of the image pickup device in the capturing of an image of a subject, includes a local peak comparing unit for comparing a local peak of an assessment value, as a parameter for adjusting the focus position, with a local peak of an integrated luminance value, the assessment value assessing an out-of-focus level of the captured image of the subject on a per field image basis, and the integrated luminance value being obtained by integrating a luminance value of the captured image of the subject on a per field image basis, and a mode selecting unit for selecting, from among a plurality of prepared modes, a mode searching for a peak over the entire range of the assessment value based on the comparison result provided by the local peak comparing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yujiro Ito, Hidekazu Suto, Shinji Takemoto
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Patent number: 7599608Abstract: An information recording apparatus comprising image signal processing units for processing image signals from an image taking unit for recording with respect a magnetic tape and a microcomputer for recording, when abnormality occurs in the recording with respect to the magnetic tape due to abnormality in the image signal processing units, information relating to the recording abnormality in a blank recording region of the magnetic tape together with actual time information.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shinji Takemoto, Akiyuki Noda
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Patent number: 7593053Abstract: Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit, a focal-point-position-detecting unit, and a distance measurement sensor that measures a distance to a subject. The device also has a control unit for controlling the lens-driving unit to drive the lens, thereby meeting the detected position of the focal point of the lens to an in-focus position. If a restart condition has not yet been satisfied after meeting the position of the focal point to the in-focus position to stop the focus operation, the control unit determines a switch of focusing on subjects based on the detected position of the focal point and a measured distance result by the distance measurement sensor and then restarts the focus operation based on a determination result thereof, thereby driving the lens to meet the position of the focal point to an in-focus position based on a measured distance result by the distance measurement sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2006Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yujiro Ito, Hidekazu Suto, Shinji Takemoto
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Patent number: 7567000Abstract: A motor includes a heat dissipating structure. The motor may be used for a fan and includes on an upper surface of a circuit board a heat dissipating layer. The heat dissipating layer has a high thermal conductivity. The fan also includes a coil provided on the teeth of a stator core. The heat dissipating layer and the coil axially face each other, and thermal conductive members are arranged therebetween. An outer dimension of the circuit board is greater than that of an impeller cup so that a radially outward portion of the circuit board protrudes radially outwardly from the impeller cup. The heat generated by the coil is transferred to the heat dissipating layer via the thermal conductive members. Therefore, the heat is dissipated from a wide area, which efficiently dissipates heat from the fan. In addition, since the circuit board and the heat dissipating layer protrude radially into an air-flow generated by an impeller, the heat transferred to the heat dissipating layer is actively dissipated.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventors: Tomotsugu Sugiyama, Shinji Takemoto, Tsuyoshi Yasumura
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Patent number: 7548805Abstract: A vehicle control section is operable to control the vehicle based on information on a degree of risk in a risky point through which the vehicle is predicted to drive.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Kazuhi Yamaguchi, Shinichiro Takatomi, Shinji Takemoto, Masato Ishio
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Patent number: 7546030Abstract: Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit that drives a lens and a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens. The device also has a distance-measuring sensor that measures a distance to a subject and a control unit that performs a focusing operation to control the lens-driving unit to drive the lens, thereby meeting the position of the focal point of the lens detected by the focal-point-position-detecting unit to an in-focus position thereof. The control unit allows to be set a driving direction of the lens and a driving speed of the lens based on the position of the focal point of the lens detected by the focal-point-position-detecting unit and a distance measurement result measured by the distance-measuring sensor. The focusing operation then starts.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yujiro Ito, Hidekazu Suto, Shinji Takemoto
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Patent number: 7536096Abstract: An autofocus device comprising a lens-driving unit, a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens, and a distance measurement sensor. The sensor measures a distance to a subject based on a reference field of view for distance measurement and a field of view for distance measurement being offset outwardly from the reference field of view and/or a field of view for distance measurement having a field of view that is different from the reference field of view. The device has a control unit that controls the lens-driving unit to drive the lens to meet the position of the focal point of the lens to an in-focus position thereof. The focusing operation starts by setting the lens drive based on a representative value selected from measured distance results obtained by the distance measurement sensor and the position of the focal point of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yujiro Ito, Hidekazu Suto, Shinji Takemoto
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Patent number: 7536095Abstract: An autofocus device comprising a lens-driving unit, a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens, a distance measurement sensor that measures a distance to a subject, and a focus-evaluation-value-calculating unit that calculates a focus evaluation value using a frequency component of an image signal in a particular region in an imaging frame. The device also has a user interface and a control unit that controls the lens-driving unit to drive the lens based on the focus evaluation value or the focus evaluation value, the position of a focal point of the lens, and a measured distance result measured by the distance measurement sensor, thereby meeting the position of the focal point to an in-focus position. The control unit controls the lens-driving unit, the distance measurement sensor and the focus-evaluation-value-calculating unit based on the autofocus contents set by the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hidekazu Suto, Yujiro Ito, Shinji Takemoto
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Patent number: 7505678Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a driver driving an optical element of an image pickup device to adjust a focus position of the image pickup device in the capturing of an image of a subject, includes a focus position control process startup unit for managing a startup of a focus position control process, a focus position control process executing unit for executing the focus position control process that is started under the control of the focus position control process startup unit, and a startup condition adjusting unit for adjusting a startup condition of the focus position control process, based on a change in a saturated luminance count contained in the image captured in the focus position control process.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hidekazu Suto, Yujiro Ito, Shinji Takemoto
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Publication number: 20080088730Abstract: An image capture apparatus is provided. The image capture apparatus includes a prism that separates light incident through a lens into at least two color components of light to be output and an image capture device that converts light separated by and output from the prism into a captured image signal. The image capture apparatus includes a fixing plate attached to the image capture device mounted on a substrate. In addition, the image capture apparatus includes a plurality of fixing members for fixing an unattached surface of the fixing plate, which is unattached to the image capture device, on a side surface of the prism through an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Harada, Shinji Takemoto, Masahito Kikuchi, Shohei Abe
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Publication number: 20070286724Abstract: A fan apparatus includes an impeller, a motor rotating the impeller, a plurality of stator blades arranged opposite to the impeller in an axial direction. The stator blades each include a curved portion at which the stator blades each are curved with respect to the direction in which the stator blades extend.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji TAKEMOTO, Hideaki KONISHI
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Publication number: 20070245998Abstract: A power management device comprises a start management control unit having a starter hold control function for actuating a starter motor and holding the actuation based on an operating signal from a button switch, a first terminating unit for terminating cranking hold when receiving a starter stop instruction signal sent from an engine control device when it is determined that an engine reached a complete explosion, a second terminating unit for terminating cranking hold when it is determined that the engine reached a complete explosion based on an engine revolution signal sent from the engine control device, and a forced terminating unit for forcefully terminating cranking hold when cranking hold cannot be terminated by those terminating units.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Kazuhi Yamaguchi, Shinichiro Takatomi, Takashi Matsui, Shinji Takemoto, Shinji Yamashita
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Publication number: 20070225882Abstract: A vehicle control section is operable to control the vehicle based on information on a degree of risk in a risky point through which the vehicle is predicted to drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Kazuhi Yamaguchi, Shinichiro Takatomi, Shinji Takemoto, Masato Ishio
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Publication number: 20070194761Abstract: A charging control apparatus is adapted to control an alternator which is operable to generate a voltage to charge a battery which is operable to supply the voltage to an electric component. An interface is connected to the alternator, the battery, and the electric component and operable to input and output a signal therebetween. A microcomputer is connected to the inter face and operable to execute a gradual change process in which a generating voltage of the alternator is gradually changed to a target generating voltage of the alternator and a sudden change process in which the generating voltage is suddenly changed to the target generating voltage. The microcomputer is operable to detect a using status of the electric component based on the signal. The microcomputer is operable to judge whether the gradual change process is required or the sudden change process is required based on the detected using status.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Kazuhi Yamaguchi, Kouji Fukuoka, Shinji Yamashita, Shinji Takemoto, Shinichiro Takatomi
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Patent number: D581373Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventors: Tomotsugu Sugiyama, Shinji Takemoto, Yuji Yabuuchi, Shoichiro Yamada