Patents by Inventor Takaaki Nakabayashi
Takaaki Nakabayashi 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: 8717420Abstract: The invention provides a head mounted image-sensing display device including a pair of image-sensing units (18R, 18L) that stereoscopically capture a physical space and output a pair of stereoscopic images, and display units (13R, 13L) for displaying images for the right eye and images for the left eye. Image sensing parameters that are previously measured for the image-sensing units are stored in image sensing parameter storage units (26R, 26L). As a result, a difference in parallax between captured images of a physical space and images of a virtual object is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiyuki Okuma, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiki Ishino, Takaaki Nakabayashi
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Publication number: 20130239687Abstract: An acoustical wave measuring apparatus capable of achieving an acoustic match even when the shape of a holding member changes largely along a scanning direction of a probe, including a holding member which holds a test object, a probe which receives an acoustical wave, and a sealing member, and the acoustical wave is received by running the probe for scanning with respect to the holding member while an acoustic matching agent for performing acoustic impedance matching between the probe and the holding member is injected into between a receiving surface and the holding member. The sealing member includes a portion with elasticity arranged at the receiving surface of the probe and is biased in a direction which brings the sealing member into contact with the holding member such that the portion contacts the holding member to seal a space between the receiving surface and the holding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takaaki Nakabayashi
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Publication number: 20130165795Abstract: An object information acquisition apparatus includes a holding member, a probe unit, a transducer, a housing, an opposing member, and a separating member. The holding member holds an object. The probe unit scans with respect to the holding member and includes a housing and a transducer positioned to form a space between the transducer and the holding member. The transducer receives an acoustic wave from the object through the holding member and is housed in the housing. The opposing member is provided at an upper position relative to an area that is scannable with the probe unit. The separating member is provided in at least one of the probe unit and the opposing member and having a shape that is changeable. The separating member reduces spreading of a matching liquid that has flowed onto the housing from the space between the transducer and the holding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takaaki Nakabayashi
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Publication number: 20130094327Abstract: The present invention provides an acoustic wave acquiring apparatus including: a probe configured to receive an acoustic wave from an object through an object holding unit that holds the object; an acoustic matching material holding unit configured to form a space, which holds an acoustic matching material, between the object holding unit and the probe; a scanning unit configured to allow the probe to scan in a first direction on the surface of the object holding unit, and in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a supplying unit configured to supply the acoustic matching material to the space by using a predetermined supply-amount pattern, wherein the supplying unit uses different supply-amount patterns in the case where the probe scans in the first direction and in the case where the probe scans in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takaaki Nakabayashi
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Publication number: 20120330163Abstract: The present invention provides a measuring apparatus including: a supporting member which supports a subject person and has an opening for inserting an object that is a part of the subject person; and a first holding member and a second holding member for interposing and compressing the object when the object is inserted through the opening, wherein at least two of the supporting member, the first holding member and the second holding member can move independently from one another in a direction of compressing the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takaaki Nakabayashi
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Publication number: 20120280007Abstract: A head-mounted device for mounting on the head of a user includes a first pressing member for pressing a first portion of the head from a first direction; a second pressing member for pressing a second portion of the head from a second direction that is different from the first direction; a string member that concatenates the first pressing member and the second pressing member; a structure that guides the string member so that the first and the second pressing members move in the first and the second directions, respectively, according to changes in the length of the string member; and an adjusting unit that adjusts the length of the string member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiki Ishino, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroshi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20120268352Abstract: A head-mounted device mounted on a wearer's head has a first pressing unit to press against the wearer's head from a position of his/her medulla, a second pressing unit to press against the wearer's head in an opposite direction to a pressing direction of the first pressing unit, and a mounting unit to mount the head-mounted device on the wearer's head by adjusting at least one of the first pressing unit and the second pressing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki Ishino, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma
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Patent number: 8237626Abstract: A head-mounted device mounted on a wearer's head has a first pressing unit to press against the wearer's head from a position of his/her medulla, a second pressing unit to press against the wearer's head in an opposite direction to a pressing direction of the first pressing unit, and a mounting unit to mount the head-mounted device on the wearer's head by adjusting at least one of the first pressing unit and the second pressing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Ishino, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma
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Patent number: 8237627Abstract: A head-mounted device for mounting on the head of a user includes a first pressing member for pressing a first portion of the head from a first direction; a second pressing member for pressing a second portion of the head from a second direction that is different from the first direction; a string member that concatenates the first pressing member and the second pressing member; a structure that guides the string member so that the first and the second pressing members move in the first and the second directions, respectively, according to changes in the length of the string member; and an adjusting unit that adjusts the length of the string member.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiki Ishino, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroshi Komatsu
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Patent number: 8035576Abstract: To shield a frame area 203b, a frame-like shield member 501 is superimposed over an LCD 203 while being separated from the LCD 203 by a distance L. The distance L satisfies L<2×(B?A)×f/D where f is a focal length of an optical system, D is a human pupil diameter determined statistically in advance, B is a width of the frame area, and A is a value determined statistically in advance as a width which will not be able to be shielded on a side of the frame area to be shielded by a side of the shield member.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Ishino, Toshiyuki Okuma, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito
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Patent number: 7962972Abstract: Provided is a head mounted device that can be smoothly mounted onto a head. The head mounted device includes: a frame extending from a front head side to a back head side in a mounted state onto a head; and a head holding portion attached to the frame and provided with a pad pressed to the head; in which the head holding portion, in a non-mounted state in which the device is not mounted to the head, holds the pad such that the pad is opened toward a direction in which the head mounted device is mounted onto the head as compared to the mounted state onto the head.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito
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Patent number: 7956822Abstract: This specification discloses a mounting mechanism for a display portion onto the head in which the movement range of a wearer is not restricted and it becomes possible to make the display portion follow the head. This mounting mechanism has a head mounting portion for mounting the display portion on the head, a weight supporting portion mounted on any other body portion than the head for supporting part of the weight of the head mounting portion, and a connecting member for connecting the head mounting portion and the weight supporting portion together so that the head mounting portion may be movable following the movement of the head.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma
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Patent number: 7887209Abstract: A light source device includes at least one dot-like light source, a substrate where the dot-like light source is arranged, and a reflection member which is arrange to be in contact with a light-emitting surface of the dot-like light source and cover the light-emitting surface. The reflection member further includes an opening to pass therethrough a beam emitted from the dot-like light source.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Ishino, Toshiyuki Okuma, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito
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Publication number: 20100327028Abstract: A head-mountable apparatus mountable on a head of an observer comprises a first pressing member which presses a first portion of the head; a second pressing member which presses a second portion of the head; and adjustment unit adapted to move the first pressing member and the second pressing member to positions where the first pressing member and the second pressing member respectively press the first portion and the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiki Ishino, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Kazuhide Miyata
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Publication number: 20100026787Abstract: The invention provides a head mounted image-sensing display device including a pair of image-sensing units (18R, 18L) that stereoscopically capture a physical space and output a pair of stereoscopic images, and display units (13R, 13L) for displaying images for the right eye and images for the left eye. Image sensing parameters that are previously measured for the image-sensing units are stored in image sensing parameter storage units (26R, 26L). As a result, a difference in parallax between captured images of a physical space and images of a virtual object is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiyuki Okuma, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiki Ishino, Takaaki Nakabayashi
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Publication number: 20090230229Abstract: A winding device includes a winding member that rotates to wind a flexible member therearound, a first rotating member that is rotatable, a second rotating member that is rotatable coaxially with the winding member and has a smaller resistance to rotation in a predetermined direction than that to rotation in a direction opposite the predetermined direction, and an engaging member. When the first rotating member is subjected to a first torque, the engaging member brings the winding member, the first rotating member, and the second rotating member into engagement with one another, so that the winding member becomes rotatable together with the first rotating member in the predetermined direction. When the first rotating member is subjected to a second torque in a direction opposite that of the first torque, the engaging member releases the engagement, so that the winding member becomes rotatable in the direction opposite the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiki Ishino, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Minoru Tsuji
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Publication number: 20090128450Abstract: A head-mounted device for mounting on the head of a user includes a first pressing member for pressing a first portion of the head from a first direction; a second pressing member for pressing a second portion of the head from a second direction that is different from the first direction; a string member that concatenates the first pressing member and the second pressing member; a structure that guides the string member so that the first and the second pressing members move in the first and the second directions, respectively, according to changes in the length of the string member; and an adjusting unit that adjusts the length of the string member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiki Ishino, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroshi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20090066607Abstract: A head-mounted device to be worn on a user's head includes a first pressing member to press, for example, an occipital region, a second pressing member to press, for example, a parietal region, and first and second linear members connected to the first and second pressing members respectively. The first and second linear members are guided so that a change in lengths of the first and second linear members causes the first and second pressing members to move in the first and second directions respectively. An adjustment unit to adjust the lengths of the first and second linear members includes first and second wind-up units connected to a rotational operation member and to wind up the first and second linear members respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Yasuda, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiki Ishino, Toshiyuki Okuma, Yoshihiro Saito, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroshi Komatsu
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Patent number: 7480133Abstract: A head mounted apparatus mounted on a head of a user includes an apparatus body to be mounted on a front side of the head, a frame for supporting the apparatus body, the frame extending in a longitudinal direction at both sides of the head when the frame is mounted on the head, a front compressing portion provided on the frame or the apparatus body, and compressed against a frontal region of the head, first and second adjusters provided at both sides of the frame so that the first and second adjusters can move in the longitudinal direction relative to the frame, a back member that includes a back compressing portion compressed against an occipital region of the head, and is held by the first and second adjusters, and an interlock mechanism for enabling, as one of the first and second adjusters moves relative to the frame, the other of the first and second adjusters to move with the same moving amount relative to the frame in the same direction as the one.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Toshiki Ishino
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Publication number: 20080238815Abstract: A head-mounted device mounted on a wearer's head has a first pressing unit to press against the wearer's head from a position of his/her medulla, a second pressing unit to press against the wearer's head in an opposite direction to a pressing direction of the first pressing unit, and a mounting unit to mount the head-mounted device on the wearer's head by adjusting at least one of the first pressing unit and the second pressing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki Ishino, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma