Patents by Inventor Tadao Shinya

Tadao Shinya 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: 20140240495
    Abstract: A drive controller is configured to control an imaging unit so that a subject is imaged at a first exposure mode and imaged at a second exposure mode. A gain controller is configured to set equal to each other luminance amplitudes of a first and second image signals due to the difference in exposure time period of a first luminance signal obtained by imaging the subject in the first exposure mode and a second luminance signal obtained by imaging the subject in the second exposure mode. A determination unit is configured to detect a change between each frame of high-frequency components included in the first and second luminance signals whose luminance amplitudes are set equal to each other and to determine that the image of a surveillance area has changed when an amount of a detected change is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Tadao SHINYA
  • Patent number: 6680785
    Abstract: Each pixel receives a digital picture data having a multi-gradation data. A line composed of printing pixels having a thickness difference of multi-gradations is obtained on a recording paper by controlling whether or not there exist ink transcription by each gradation with a line head. A digital printer of printing a picture by recording a plurality of lines on a recording paper with scanning by the line head, comprising counting devices (5-1, 5-2) for counting a number of pixels to print at each gradation, dividing devices (9-1, 9-2, 12-1, 12-2, 13-1, 13-2) for dividing all pixels into several groups in accordance with the counting devices and deciding devices (10-1, 10-2, 11-1, 11-2) for deciding a number of groups. A range of grouping and as number of groups can be changed so as for a number of printing pixels in every group to be equal to a predetermined number of simultaneous turn-on pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Nibe, Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Endo
  • Patent number: 5528275
    Abstract: A gradational printing method for performing a gradational printing by energizing a plurality of heat emitting elements arranged on a thermal head correspondingly to respective bits of digital gradation data representing a gray level. In case of this method, the plurality of heat emitting elements are divided into two or more blocks and the blocks are energized correspondingly to different bits of the digital gradation data. Thus, an energizing time, during which a maximum current should be supplied, can be reduced. Further, the weight of the printer can be light. Moreover, if the maximum electric current of a printer is equal to that of the conventional method, the duration thereof can be equal to the minimum duration of the energizing pulses corresponding to the bits of the gradation data. Consequently, the capacities of a power supply and a printer employing this method can be small. Further, the size and manufacturing cost of the power supply and the printer can be small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Endou
  • Patent number: 5319391
    Abstract: A thermal printing apparatus for printing input gradational images, characters and figures by using multilevel density which can appropriately regulate the levels of the densities representing the gradational images etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Takahashi, Itsuo Takanashi, Hideshi Tanaka, Terumi Ohara, Kenichi Miyazaki, Hiroki Kitamura, Toru Nibe, Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Mizoguchi, Katsuhiko Terada
  • Patent number: 5300351
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet transfers an ink image to a recording sheet when selectively heated by the heating element of the thermal head of a thermal printer. The image transfer sheet comprises a base coated on a surface thereof with a matrix of circular hot-melt ink dots at a constant pitch. The hot-melt ink dots are selectively meltable with heat applied through the base by the heating elements for transferring an ink image to the recording sheet held against the matrix of hot-melt ink dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Takahashi, Itsuo Takanashi, Hideshi Tanaka, Hiroki Kitamura, Toru Nibe, Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Mizoguchi, Katsuhiko Terada, Toshinori Takahashi, Itsuo Takanashi
  • Patent number: 5169827
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a color separation plate for screen dot color printing, having screen dots recorded thereon, the size of the screen dots corresponding to the density of one of the primary colors of an image to be printed, by one of the color signals corresponding to respective primary colors and obtained by reading out the image to generate an electric signal corresponding to the image and separating the electric signal into the color signals corresponding to the primary colors, respectively. A sheet of recording material (12) which is transparent and applicable to thermal transfer recording is prepared. Also prepared is a rotatable flat platen (11). The sheet (12) of the recording material is put on the flat platen and the flap platen is rotated by a specific angle from the position where the sheet of the recording material is put on the flat platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Takanashi, Naomi Osada, Tadao Shinya
  • Patent number: 5051755
    Abstract: A thermal printing apparatus prints input gradational images, characters and figures by using multilevel density regulates the levels of the densities representing the gradiational images etc. to be printed by a linear thermal head having n heating resistors arranged in a row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Takahashi, Itsuo Takanashi, Hideshi Tanaka, Terumi Ohara, Kenichi Miyazaki, Hiroki Kitamura, Toru Nibe, Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Mizoguchi, Katsuhiko Terada
  • Patent number: 4968995
    Abstract: A thermal printer comprises a thermal head and a printing data output circuit outputting printing data. A portion of the printing data is copied. The copied portion of the printing data is added to a head of the printing data to form a combination of the copied portion and the printing data. The data combination is outputted to the thermal head. The thermal head is driven with the copied portion to preheat the thermal head. Then, the thermal head is driven with the printing data to perform actual printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Mizoguchi, Itsuo Takanashi, Hideshi Tanaka, Terumi Ohara, Kenichi Miyazaki, Toshinori Takahashi, Hiroki Kitamura, Tadao Shinya, Katsuhiko Terada
  • Patent number: 4893190
    Abstract: A gradation control device for a thermal ink-transfer type printing apparatus controls an applying time of a current to each of heating elements of a thermal printing head depending on a voltage drop introduced between a power source and the thermal printing head, so that it is possible to constantly print the same gradation level with the same printing dot size regardless of the printing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Takanashi, Hideshi Tanaka, Terumi Ohara, Kenichi Miyazaki, Toshinori Takahashi, Hiroki Kitamura, Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 4862255
    Abstract: A color correcting circuit for thermal printer comprises a first circuit for obtaining a first degree correction operation result, a second circuit for obtaining a second degree correction operation result, and a difference limiting circuit for selectively outputting a correction data. The first degree correction operation makes the relationship between the density of an input image and the density of an output image linear for each primary color. The second degree correction operation reduces a difference between the density of the input image and the density of the output image by use of the method of least squares for each primary color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Takanashi, Hideshi Tanaka, Terumi Ohara, Kenichi Miyazaki, Toshinori Takahashi, Hiroki Kitamura, Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 4723130
    Abstract: A structure of a thermal head of the type using an ink paper or a heat-sensitive paper is disclosed. The structure includes an array of units each comprising a single resistance body and a pair of electrode members which respectively correspond to a first and a second heat-generating portions positioned at both ends of the resistance body, the electrode members being adapted to energize the resistance body. At least one of the first and second heat-generating portions of the resistance body is divided into a plurality of heat-generating members, and so is done one of the electrode members which is associated with those heat-generating members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Itsuo Takanashi, Hideshi Tanaka, Terumi Ohara, Kenichi Miyazaki, Toshinori Takahashi, Hiroki Kitamura, Tadao Shinya, Yutaka Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 4677493
    Abstract: A picture information processing system processes a picture information so that a printing area of each of dots constituting a picture is variably set depending on printing areas of the dots surrounding each dot. The picture information processing system comprises a memory for pre-storing an optimum printing area of a dot for each of dot patterns. The optimum printing area of one dot is obtained depending on the printing areas of the dots surrounding the one dot, and the optimum printing area is obtained for each of the dot patterns which are formed by the one and the surrounding dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadao Shinya