Patents by Inventor Shiro Nagaoka

Shiro Nagaoka 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: 20240079907
    Abstract: A power transmitter includes: a first coil that wirelessly transmits the electric power to a second coil of a power receiver; a converter including a DC/AC converter that converts DC electric power into AC electric power and supplies the AC electric power to the first coil; and a controller that brings a power value of the DC electric power or the AC electric power close to a power command value by frequency control of changing a frequency of the AC electric power. The controller performs, when the frequency at which the power value reaches the power command value is included in a used frequency band used by another device, frequency change process of changing the frequency so that the frequency becomes a frequency different from the used frequency band while performing constant power control of maintaining a state in which the power value matches the power command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Shiro NAGAOKA
  • Patent number: 10778040
    Abstract: A power transmitter is a device for wirelessly supplying power to a power receiver, including: a power converter configured to convert power supplied from a power source into direct current (DC) power; a DC/alternating current (AC) converter configured to convert the DC power into AC power; a capacitor configured to be provided at an input of the DC/AC converter; and a controller configured to perform a discharge control of the capacitor after the power converter stops, wherein the controller performs the discharge control by changing at least one of a driving frequency and a phase shift amount of the DC/AC converter so that power supplied to the DC/AC converter by the capacitor is equal to or lower than withstand power of the DC/AC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Shiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 10714942
    Abstract: A power transmitter according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first coil to wirelessly transmit power to a second coil of a power receiver; a converter to receive direct current (DC) power, convert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power, and supply the AC power to the first coil; and a controller to execute power control for causing power supplied to a load to approach desired power. The controller executes frequency control of the AC power and at least one control of phase shift control of the converter and voltage control of the DC power as the power control. When the power supplied to the load cannot be caused to approach the desired power by the frequency control, the controller executes at least one of the phase shift control and the voltage control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 10498220
    Abstract: A power transmitter according to one aspect of the disclosure includes: a power converter that converts a first AC power supplied from an AC power source into a DC power; a first detector that detects an electric current of the DC power; a feedback signal generator that generates a feedback signal based on the electric current of the DC power; and a controller that performs a feedback control on the electric power supplied to a power receiver based on the feedback signal. The feedback signal generator generates a canceling waveform to reduce a ripple caused to the DC power due to zero crossing of a voltage of the first AC power and generates the feedback signal based on the electric current of the DC power and the canceling waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shiro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20190199135
    Abstract: A power transmitter is a device for wirelessly supplying power to a power receiver, including: a power converter configured to convert power supplied from a power source into direct current (DC) power; a DC/alternating current (AC) converter configured to convert the DC power into AC power; a capacitor configured to be provided at an input of the DC/AC converter; and a controller configured to perform a discharge control of the capacitor after the power converter stops, wherein the controller performs the discharge control by changing at least one of a driving frequency and a phase shift amount of the DC/AC converter so that power supplied to the DC/AC converter by the capacitor is equal to or lower than withstand power of the DC/AC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Shiro NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180342878
    Abstract: A power transmitter according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first coil to wirelessly transmit power to a second coil of a power receiver; a converter to receive direct current (DC) power, convert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power, and supply the AC power to the first coil; and a controller to execute power control for causing power supplied to a load to approach desired power. The controller executes frequency control of the AC power and at least one control of phase shift control of the converter and voltage control of the DC power as the power control. When the power supplied to the load cannot be caused to approach the desired power by the frequency control, the controller executes at least one of the phase shift control and the voltage control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shiro NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180241301
    Abstract: A power transmitter according to one aspect of the disclosure includes: a power converter that converts a first AC power supplied from an AC power source into a DC power; a first detector that detects an electric current of the DC power; a feedback signal generator that generates a feedback signal based on the electric current of the DC power; and a controller that performs a feedback control on the electric power supplied to a power receiver based on the feedback signal. The feedback signal generator generates a canceling waveform to reduce a ripple caused to the DC power due to zero crossing of a voltage of the first AC power and generates the feedback signal based on the electric current of the DC power and the canceling waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shiro NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20130266288
    Abstract: An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8548310
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8548309
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8436920
    Abstract: An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8004568
    Abstract: In an image pick-up apparatus of the invention, when capturing is started, a chapter formation-commanding portion transfers a chapter table to a memory. When a user depresses a chapter formation button, a chapter is formed in an empty table of the chapter table. After completion of the capturing, the chapter formation-commanding portion transfers the chapter table stored in the memory to a storage portion. By performing the operation described above, a chapter can be formed in an arbitrary time position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shiro Nagaoka, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Kei Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110129195
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20110115948
    Abstract: An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 7898580
    Abstract: An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20110019979
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 7869697
    Abstract: From a time point at which a storage capacity reaches a certain remaining capacity with respect to a limit value of 4 GB per one file depending on a file system, a subtraction time-managing portion (100A) changes photographing elapsed time display (174) which is displayed on a display picture of a liquid crystal display portion (17) to subtraction time display (178) in which residual time until 4 GB is reached is continuously subtracted in the inside of a portable image pickup device (1). Hence, a photographer can be visually informed of timing at which the photographing blank time period will occur. As a result, the photographer can be previously given the opportunity for the judgment about whether the photographing should be continuously performed or the current photographing should be ended to start new photographing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shiro Nagaoka, Toyokazu Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7831129
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Kei Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 7701500
    Abstract: A concept such as an album is introduced with respect to management and arrangement of image files, and several albums are electronically classified and managed for an electronic camera apparatus. According to one embodiment, a method comprises capturing an image, recording the image as an image file, creating a plurality of albums used for classifying and arranging the image file, and displaying album identifier information corresponding to each of the created plurality of albums during the shooting mode or the playback mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toyokazu Aizawa, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Kei Tashiro, Hiroto Yoshihara, Takahisa Yoneyama, Shiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 7659927
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, in a digital video camera using a non-tape recording medium, the user can select whether to save a moving image file in a divided form or as one file, when recording a moving image, by changing the function of a REC button. When one moving image file has been saved in a divided form, a moving image file to be reproduced is easily searched, and a moving image is quickly played from an object chapter, or from a divided sub-file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toyokazu Aizawa, Tatsuhiko Ikehata, Shiro Nagaoka, Tatsuro Abe, Kuniaki Takahashi