Patents by Inventor Takao Inoue

Takao Inoue 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).

  • VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090303384
    Abstract: A video-signal processing apparatus includes a video-signal input unit to which a video signal including multiple images arranged in a time sequential manner is input; a time-division output unit configured to output, in a time-division manner, the video signal constituting n images corresponding to the multiple images; signal processing units configured to individually perform image quality adjustments on the n images output from the time-division output unit; operation input units through which adjustment values of the image quality adjustments performed by the signal processing units are input; and image output units configured to output images that have been subjected to the image quality adjustments using the signal processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Inoue, Tetsushi Kokubo, Hitoshi Mukai, Hirofumi Hibi, Tetsujiro Kondo
  • On-screen display apparatus and on-screen display generation method
    Patent number: 7630018
    Abstract: The present invention allows a device to easily convert an on-screen image in HD format or SD format without increasing the processing load. The device according to an embodiment of the present invention uses the on-screen image D3 in which the number of horizontal pixels is set between horizontal pixel counts of HD format and horizontal pixel counts of SD format. Therefore, the device can utilize a relatively simple conversion ratio when converting the image in HD and SD format. This tremendously reduces the computational processing load. In addition, since the device uses the simple conversion ratio, the device can maintain the quality of the on-screen image D3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Kawa, Takao Inoue
  • Image-processing apparatus, an image-processing method, a program, and a memory medium
    Patent number: 7626733
    Abstract: Efficient utilization of a memory medium is enhanced in an image-processing apparatus, in which encoded data of JPEG 2000 or Motion-JPEG 2000 are stored in the memory medium as a file. File size of the encoded data is adjusted close to, but not to exceed an integer multiple of a memory domain management unit (sector size) of the memory medium. Thereby, a memory domain assigned to the image file in its entirety, or almost in its entirety, is used effectively, improving the efficient utilization of the memory medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Kodama, Takao Inoue, Ikuko Yamashiro, Keiichi Ikebe, Takashi Maki, Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Takanori Yano, Akira Takahashi
  • Lithium secondary battery and electrodes for use therein
    Publication number: 20090286159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium ion battery comprised of single particles containing a compound of the formula LiMPCU, whereby M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Mn, Fe, Ti or combinations thereof, and whereby in a X-Ray diffraction chart of the electrode the ratio of the intensity I1:I2 of two selected peaks (1) and (2) is larger than (9:1) and wherein I1 represents essentially the intensity of peak (1) assigned to the (020) plane and I2 represents the intensity of peak (2) assigned to the (301) plane. The invention relates further to a process for the manufacture of such a positive electrode and to a battery comprising such an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Gerhard Nuspl, Christian Vogler, Denis Yu, Kazunori Donoue, Takao Inoue, Christopher Fietzek, Wolfgang Weydanz
  • Exhaust purification device and an exhaust purification method of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7614221
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes a catalytic device within an exhaust path of the engine, wherein the catalytic device includes a housing with a catalyst carrier. A length of the catalyst carrier along a longitudinal axis, measured along a downstream flow direction of exhaust gas within the exhaust path, is substantially the same or a shorter than the upstream distance traveled by a reverse flow of exhaust gas during an exhaust gas pulsation within the housing. With this type of configuration, due to reciprocating movements of the exhaust gas caused by the pulsations, the same exhaust gas passes through the catalyst carrier multiple times. Thus, an increased number of heat exchanges take place within the catalyst carrier, which rapidly increases the catalyst temperature after a cold engine start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Mori, Takao Inoue, Sunki I, Shunichi Mitsuishi
  • Digital recording/reproducing apparatus
    Patent number: 7603190
    Abstract: Based on a digital recorder/player taken as a basic apparatus and which accommodates a field frequency of 60 fields/sec or a frame frequency of 30 frames/sec, an apparatus is implemented to record or reproduce source video and audio signal originated from the basic apparatus and whose frequency is different from the field or frame frequency. The apparatus includes an input unit, a processor, and a converter provided between the input unit and the processor. The input unit accepts audio data having a specific field frequency and arranged in a specific format, and make baseband processing of the audio data. The processor is designed to process audio data having a basic field frequency (60 fields/sec) and arranged in a basic format. It operates with a clock corresponding to the sampling frequency to make error-corrective encoding of the audio data adapted to the basic format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Takayama, Tetsuo Kani, Fumitoshi Ishida, Kenji Yamasaki, Takao Inoue
  • Exhaust system and control method for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7594391
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal-combustion engine comprises an exhaust bypass in parallel with an upstream portion of a main exhaust path having a main catalytic converter in a downstream portion thereof; an exhaust bypass catalytic converter provided in the exhaust bypass; and a flow path switching valve for blocking the main exhaust path at the upstream portion thereof. The exhaust system includes an ignition timing adjustment mechanism for adjusting ignition timing to delay sparking when the flow path switching valve is switched from the closed condition to the open condition thereof. A control method for the exhaust system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunki I, Takao Inoue, Kouichi Mori
  • CONNECTOR, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE AND OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE
    Publication number: 20090208168
    Abstract: A connector, including: a receptacle including a projecting terminal electrically connected to an external terminal; and a plug including a contact point with an elastic section to elastically deform when the projecting terminal is inserted therein to be electrically connected to the projecting terminal by resilience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro ISHIKAWA, Shinichi ASANO, Tomoe TOYODA, Takao INOUE
  • REFLECTION PROPERTY CONTROL LAYER AND DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090179910
    Abstract: A display device includes: a reflection property control layer which is disposed in the front face of a display screen, whereby reflection properties are switched for each predetermined region; and a control unit configured to switch the reflection properties of the reflection property control layer depending on an input image, with the control means detecting a gloss region from the input image, and switching the reflection properties of a predetermined region according to the relevant detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao INOUE, Masashi Uchida, Tetsujiro Kondo
  • Exhaust system of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7559196
    Abstract: An exhaust system of the internal combustion engine comprises upstream main paths for cylinders that are attached to a side of a cylinder head and extend towards a side of the engine, and are connected to the respective cylinders; a downstream main path in which the upstream main paths join so as to become one flow path; a main catalytic converter provided on the downstream main path; bypasses that are split from the upstream main paths or the downstream main path; a bypass catalytic converter that is provided on the bypass; and flow path switching valves that open and close the upstream main paths so that exhaust discharged from the cylinders flows into the bypass. The bypass catalytic converter is provided below the upstream main paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Inoue, Sunki I, Motoharu Akaba, Kimiyoshi Nishizawa
  • IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20090169112
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a detecting unit configured to detect an external light reflection region from an input image, and a determining unit configured to determine the glossiness of said external light reflection region, and determines whether or not the reflection of the external reflection region is specular reflection, and extracts a gloss region based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Inoue, Masashi Uchida, Tetsujiro Kondo
  • ROI SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC CAMERA APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20090122164
    Abstract: An ROI setting apparatus including an ROI recognition unit and an ROI control unit is provided. In one embodiment, the ROI recognition unit contains multiple ROI recognition modules for recognizing an ROI of image data according to various methods to obtain a recognition result. The ROI control unit selects one ROI recognition module out of the ROI recognition modules and sets ROI information based on the recognition result. The ROI recognition module may be selected according to an instruction from a user input via an operation unit, or a scene type selected by a scene selection switch of an image capture unit. The ROI control unit may perform operations such as selecting, enlarging, or reducing the ROI recognized by the ROI recognition module, or changing the ROI recognition conditions according to the respective instructions from the user input via the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Takashi Maki, Keiichi Ikebe, Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Taku Kodama, Ikuko Yamashiro, Takanori Yano, Akira Takahashi, Takao Inoue
  • Pouring method, device, and cast in vacuum molding process
    Publication number: 20090114362
    Abstract: A pouring method and a device in a vacuum sealed process to produce a thin-wall cast by using a mold framing for the a vacuum sealed process, and a as-cast product using the pouring method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Makino, Taketoshi Tomita, Takafumi Oba, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kenji Mizuno, Toshiaki Ando, Yoshinobu Enomoto, Takao Inoue, Shizuo Takeda
  • THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY AND DISPLAYING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090095958
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array is disclosed. The thin film transistor array includes plural gate electrodes formed on an insulation substrate, plural source electrodes formed above or under the gate electrodes via a gate insulation film so that the source electrodes cross the gate electrodes in a planar view, plural drain electrodes formed at corresponding positions surrounded by the gate electrodes and the source electrodes in a planar view in the same layer as that of the source electrodes, semiconductor layers formed via the gate insulation film to face the gate electrodes for forming corresponding channel regions between the source electrodes and the drain electrodes. The plural gate electrodes are linearly formed, and the channel regions are disposed to face the gate electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao INOUE, Takumi YAMAGA, Atsushi ONODERA
  • Exhaust system of multi-cylinder internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7509800
    Abstract: An exhaust system of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder comprises a main exhaust passage connected to the cylinder; a main catalytic converter disposed in the main exhaust passage; a bypass exhaust passage that diverges from the main exhaust passage, the bypass exhaust passage having a gas flow resistance larger than that of the main exhaust passage and having a downstream end connected to the main exhaust passage at a position upstream of the main catalytic converter; an auxiliary catalytic converter disposed in the bypass exhaust passage; and a gas flow switching device that is capable of forcing exhaust gas from the cylinder of the engine to flow toward the bypass exhaust passage when assuming a given operation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungi I, Takao Inoue, Kimiyoshi Nishizawa
  • Digital amplifying apparatus with noise reduction
    Patent number: 7508263
    Abstract: A digital amplifying apparatus includes a positive-phase amplifier, an inverting amplifier, a pair of LPFs, a positive and a negative noise component extracting unit, and noise component coupling units that couple a negative and a positive noise component extracted by the negative and the positive noise component extracting units with a positive and a negative PWM signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Takao Inoue
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and recording medium that allow setting of most appropriate post-quantization condition
    Patent number: 7505630
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a condition setting unit with which a user sets a post-quantization condition. A partial decoding and decompression unit partially decodes and decompresses coded data according to the post-quantization condition set by the user, thereby reproducing image data the same as that reproduced by decoding and decompressing coded data after post-quantization processing in accordance with the post-quantization condition. An image data displaying unit displays on a display unit the image data reproduced by the partial decoding and decompression unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Takao Inoue, Shin Aoki, Keiichi Ikebe, Taku Kodama, Takeshi Koyama, Ikuko Yamashiro, Takashi Maki, Akira Takahashi, Takanori Yano
  • Method and device for pouring molten metal in vacuum molding and casting
    Patent number: 7500507
    Abstract: A pouring method and a device in a vacuum sealed process to produce a thin-wall cast by using a mold framing for the a vacuum sealed process, and a as-cast product using the pouring method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Makino, Taketoshi Tomita, Takafumi Oba, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kenji Mizuno, Toshiaki Ando, Yoshinobu Enomoto, Takao Inoue, Shizuo Takeda
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: D593036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shinichi Asano, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Tomoe Toyoda, Takao Inoue
  • Optical connector
    Patent number: D596577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shinichi Asano, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Tomoe Toyoda, Takao Inoue