Patents by Inventor Shinya Abe

Shinya Abe 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: 20160364622
    Abstract: An imaging processing device includes an image acquisition unit, a character region estimation unit, and an output unit. The character region estimation unit determines a line indicating a direction in which characters are arranged with high probability in the acquired image and estimates a character region candidate in which characters are arranged with high probability. The output unit outputs information of the region estimated in the character region estimation unit. The character region estimation unit includes a vertical line detector, a horizontal line detector, a color distribution detector, and a character region candidate line determination unit. The image processing device includes an association imaging mode to cause a user to shoot an image of the character region candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu NONAKA, Kunio YAMAMIYA, Hiroshi KODAMA, Shinya ABE, Yuichi TSUCHIMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20160349987
    Abstract: An input method of performing an input manipulation according to information concerning manipulation bodies in contact with or close to a manipulation surface has a step to select a coordinate input mode or function input mode according to the number of manipulation bodies, a step to select a desired function according to a first manipulation associated with the number of manipulation bodies, a step to select a desired item according to a second manipulation associated with an operation of manipulation bodies, a step to establish selection according to a third manipulation associated with an operation of manipulation bodies, and a step to execute an input according to a fourth manipulation associated with an operation of manipulation bodies. In the function input mode, the first, second, third, and fourth manipulations are performed in succession while a plurality of manipulation bodies are kept in contact with or close to the manipulation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Shinya Abe, Yu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9453327
    Abstract: A cab rear extension beam (14) that is positioned in a front side to a heat exchanger (26) to support a rear side of said cab (28) is provided. The cab rear extension beam (14) includes a rising plate part (14A) that rises from a bottom plate (6), an upper horizontal plate part (14B) that is bent from an upper end of the rising plate part (14A) and extends to the rear side, and a space part (14C) that is formed of the rising plate part (14A) and the upper horizontal plate part (14B), and is formed in a reverse L-letter shape as a whole. A urea water tank (34) is formed with a vertical tank part (35) that is positioned in a rear side and extends in an upper-lower direction and a lateral tank part (36) that extends from a lower part of the vertical tank part (35) to the front side, and is formed in an L-letter shaped vessel as a whole. Besides, the lateral tank part (36) of the urea water tank (34) is disposed in the space part (14C) in the cab rear extension beam (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamoto, Shinya Abe, Kousuke Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20160223756
    Abstract: A connectored cable including a cable having an optical fiber for transmitting an optical signal; and a connector that accommodates a substrate on which a photoelectric conversion portion that is optically coupled to an end face of the optical fiber is installed, and in which the optical fiber is wired so that at least three bent portions are formed, the orientation of the optical fiber in a front-rear direction being changed, the optical fiber being bent into a U shape at each of the bent portions, and so that one of two bent portions on a front side is located on a down side of the substrate and the other bent portion on the front side is located on an up side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Masao MORI, Koji AZEGAMI, Shinya ABE
  • Publication number: 20160198119
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data, an image data analyzing unit configured to analyze the image data to determine an age group or a sex of an image of a person included in the image data, a voice data generating unit configured to generate voice data, a voice data analyzing unit configured to analyze the voice data, a shooting condition information generating unit configured to generate shooting condition information based on a result of an analysis by the voice data analyzing unit and the age group or the sex of the image of the person determined by the image data analyzing unit, an image data recording unit, and a recording controller configured to record the image data and the shooting condition information in the image data recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu NONAKA, Eiichi FUSE, Yuichi TSUCHIMOCHI, Takeshi ISHINO, Shinya ABE
  • Publication number: 20160133032
    Abstract: A device and a method for image reconstruction at different X-ray energies that make it possible to achieve image reconstruction with higher accuracy. A device for image reconstruction at different X-ray energies includes: an X-ray source 1 that irradiates a specimen to be imaged 2 with X-rays; an energy-dispersive detector 4 that detects a characteristic X-ray emitted from the specimen to be imaged 2; a signal processor that quantifies the peak of the characteristic X-ray detected by the detector 4; and an image reconstruction device that reconstructs an image on the basis of a signal from the signal processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: TOKYO METROPOLITAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Akira MONKAWA, Shoichi NAKANISHI, Shinya ABE, Mikiya KONDO, Koh HARADA
  • Patent number: 9335491
    Abstract: A connectored cable including a cable having an optical fiber for transmitting an optical signal; and a connector that accommodates a substrate on which a photoelectric conversion portion that is optically coupled to an end face of the optical fiber is installed, and in which the optical fiber is wired so that at least three bent portions are formed, the orientation of the optical fiber in a front-rear direction being changed, the optical fiber being bent into a U shape at each of the bent portions, and so that one of two bent portions on a front side is located on a down side of the substrate and the other bent portion on the front side is located on an up side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Mori, Koji Azegami, Shinya Abe
  • Patent number: 9317750
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data, an image data analyzing unit configured to analyze the image data to determine an age group or a sex of an image of a person included in the image data, a voice data generating unit configured to generate voice data, a voice data analyzing unit configured to analyze the voice data, a shooting condition information generating unit configured to generate shooting condition information based on a result of an analysis by the voice data analyzing unit and the age group or the sex of the image of the person determined by the image data analyzing unit, an image data recording unit, and a recording controller configured to record the image data and the shooting condition information in the image data recording unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Nonaka, Eiichi Fuse, Yuichi Tsuchimochi, Takeshi Ishino, Shinya Abe
  • Publication number: 20150314460
    Abstract: To provide scissors having a smoother cut with a light feel. A pair of scissors includes two cutting members. Each cutting member includes a blade 110 having an edge, a handle having a grip, and a joint region 120. The joint regions 120 of the cutting members are pivotally joined together using a joint assembly so that the cutting members can pivotally move. Each of the edges is curved so that an angle between the edges is kept within a range between 27° and 43° when the cutting members move from an opened position forming an angle of 30° therebetween to a closed position. A contact-free part 140 which is a recess is formed in the inner surface of the blade 110. The contact-free part 140 extends beneath the joint assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuru Wakabayashi, Tetsuo Kozakai, Shinya Abe
  • Publication number: 20150299983
    Abstract: A cab rear extension beam (14) that is positioned in a front side to a heat exchanger (26) to support a rear side of said cab (28) is provided. The cab rear extension beam (14) includes a rising plate part (14A) that rises from a bottom plate (6), an upper horizontal plate part (14B) that is bent from an upper end of the rising plate part (14A) and extends to the rear side, and a space part (14C) that is formed of the rising plate part (14A) and the upper horizontal plate part (14B), and is formed in a reverse L-letter shape as a whole. A urea water tank (34) is formed with a vertical tank part (35) that is positioned in a rear side and extends in an upper-lower direction and a lateral tank part (36) that extends from a lower part of the vertical tank part (35) to the front side, and is formed in an L-letter shaped vessel as a whole. Besides, the lateral tank part (36) of the urea water tank (34) is disposed in the space part (14C) in the cab rear extension beam (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masaya OKAMOTO, Shinya ABE, Kousuke NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9149720
    Abstract: In order to attain the object described above, a game apparatus is able to use display means and coordinate input means such as a touch panel, and positions a virtual camera Ca in a virtual space. Whether the coordinate input means is in an inputted state in which a player is performing a coordinate input (touch operation) on the coordinate input means, or in a non-inputted state in which a player is not performing coordinate input on the coordinate input means, is determined. When it is determined that the coordinate input means is in the non-inputted state, the game apparatus changes the imaging direction of the virtual camera Ca, based on change of an input coordinate position that is designated on the coordinate input means immediately before the coordinate input means enters the non-inputted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakurai, Shinya Abe, Teppei Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150272424
    Abstract: A flexible tube for an endoscope includes a flexible tube base, an outer coating layer including a soft resin layer and a hard resin layer, a ratio changing portion, and a tapered portion. In the ratio changing portion, a percentage of a thickness of the hard resin layer decreases and a percentage of a thickness of the soft resin layer increases toward a distal side from a proximal side of the base. In the tapered portion, a ratio between the thickness of the hard resin layer and the thickness of the soft resin layer is maintained, which ratio is the same as that at a position in the ratio changing portion where the percentage of the thickness of the hard resin layer is a lower limit. In the tapered position, an outer diameter of the outer coating layer decreases toward a distal end of the flexible tube base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ABE, Nobuharu TAKAHASHI, Shozo IYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150229815
    Abstract: An imaging system includes: an imaging device; and an optical device that forms a subject image on an imaging plane of an imaging element and that is freely attachable to and detachable from the imaging device. The optical device includes a combination of a plurality of optical systems to provide a plurality of optical axes. The plurality of optical systems include: a plurality of first imaging optical systems; and a second imaging optical system having a view angle narrower than that of each of the plurality of first imaging optical systems. The plurality of first imaging systems are respectively arranged to surround the second imaging optical system, as viewed from a subject side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Osamu NONAKA, Hiroshi KODAMA, Kunio YAMAMIYA, Shinya ABE, Eiichi FUSE
  • Publication number: 20150146040
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data, an image data analyzing unit configured to analyze the image data to determine an age group or a sex of an image of a person included in the image data, a voice data generating unit configured to generate voice data, a voice data analyzing unit configured to analyze the voice data, a shooting condition information generating unit configured to generate shooting condition information based on a result of an analysis by the voice data analyzing unit and the age group or the sex of the image of the person determined by the image data analyzing unit, an image data recording unit, and a recording controller configured to record the image data and the shooting condition information in the image data recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu NONAKA, Eiichi FUSE, Yuichi TSUCHIMOCHI, Takeshi ISHINO, Shinya ABE
  • Patent number: 8988211
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle side device having a vehicle side transmitting-receiving section performing wireless communicating with a seat belt side and a control section (determination section) determining an installation state, based on a signal from the seat belt side; and a seat belt side device having a seat belt side transmitting-receiving section performing wireless communicating with the vehicle side, a first switching unit of which switches the state according to detaching and installing of the seat belt and an output unit which outputs a detaching-installing signal to the seat belt side transmitting-receiving section in response to the state of the first switching unit. A power is fed to the seat belt side transmitting-receiving section and the output unit, and the signal is output and transmitted by the signal form the vehicle side transmitting-receiving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Masudaya, Susumu Kanno, Shinya Abe
  • Patent number: 8953090
    Abstract: A lens controller of a camera device includes: a driving amount calculator that samples, for each first time period, a lens position signal indicating a lens position detected by a lens position detector and a target position signal indicating a target position of a focus lens on an optical axis transmitted from a control unit and calculates a driving amount output of the focus lens based on the sampled lens position signal and target position signal; an up-sampling unit that performs up-sampling on the driving amount output obtained by the driving amount calculator at a second time period which is a period obtained by dividing the first time period by an integer; and a resonance suppression calculator that performs calculation on a result obtained by sampling the driving amount output at the second time period to suppress a higher-order resonant frequency component in a specified resonant frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Takeru Hokkezu, Shinya Abe
  • Publication number: 20140340356
    Abstract: An input device includes a control unit configured to have a first threshold value for a signal intensity, a second threshold value lower than the first threshold value, and a third threshold value for a fluctuation in a coordinate within a predetermined time, wherein the third threshold value has a predetermined range, and in the control unit, in a case where the signal intensity exceeding the first threshold value is obtained or a case where the signal intensity is situated between the first threshold value and the second threshold value and the fluctuation in a coordinate falls within the range of the third threshold value, an operation is recognized as the operation for the operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Wakuda, Shinya Abe
  • Patent number: 8841327
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antifungal agent which has excellent antifungal effects and is superior in terms of its physical properties, safety and metabolic stability. According to the present invention, there is disclosed a compound represented by the following formula (I), or a salt thereof: wherein R1, R2, X, Y, ring A, Z, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo Tanaka, Satoshi Inoue, Norio Murai, Masayuki Matsukura, Kazutaka Nakamoto, Shuji Shirotori, Shinya Abe
  • Publication number: 20140247384
    Abstract: A lens controller 312 of a camera system 1 samples a lens position signal inputted from a lens position detector 307 and a target position signal transmitted from a main body unit 2 for each first time period. The lens controller 312 includes a phase compensation calculator 408 that calculates a driving amount signal based on the sampled lens position signal and target position signal, an up-sampling unit 409 that performs up-sampling on the driving amount signal at a second time period which is a period obtained by dividing the first time period by an integer, and a resonance suppression calculator 410 that performs a calculation to suppress a higher-order resonant frequency component in a specified resonant frequency band on the driving amount signal up-sampled by the up-sampling unit 409.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Takeru Hokkezu, Shinya Abe
  • Publication number: 20140231487
    Abstract: To provide a stapler for fastening even a large number of sheets of paper whether used as a desktop or hand-held stapler, there is provided a stapler having above a base portion a clincher portion where sheets of paper are placed and a housing portion including a magazine portion accommodating staples and a driving blade driving out the staples, including within the base portion a desk resting lever actuated when the base portion is placed on a desk, a plate which slides when the desk resting lever is actuated and a slider receiver, wherein with the base portion placed on the desk, the desk resting lever is actuated, causing the plate to slide to thereby cause the slider receiver integral with the plate to move slightly, so that the movement towards the base portion of the clincher portion operating in association with rotation of the handle portion is delayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya ABE