Patents by Inventor Takashi Kuwabara

Takashi Kuwabara 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: 20170135251
    Abstract: A first printed circuit board on which a heatsink having a discrete semiconductor device attached to it and first capacitors for smoothing an electric current after a conversion from AC to DC are mounted is arranged in the horizontal direction of a bottom portion of a device casing. On the first printed circuit board, various electronic components such as a resistor, a diode, a capacitor, a coil, etc. are mounted in addition to the heatsink and the first capacitors. Further, in an in-device-casing vacant space in an upper portion of the heatsink mounted on the first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board on which second capacitors for performing smoothing upon a conversion from AC to DC are mounted is arranged orthogonally to the first printed circuit board in the device spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi KUWABARA
  • Publication number: 20170110822
    Abstract: A printed circuit board is fixed to a resin insulation plate by using a first metal screw, and a metal casing is fixed to the resin insulation plate by using a second metal screw. The cuboid insulation plate is arranged to match the shapes of the long sides of the printed circuit board and the metal casing necessary for screw fixation. The first and second metal screws are attached to the resin insulation plate with a lateral shift. This makes it possible to reduce the insulation distance around the first metal screw on the printed circuit board and to increase the wiring pattern area and the component mounting space, realizing a reduction in the size of an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KUWABARA, Ryuji YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170050569
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display apparatus has a display unit mounted on a mounting position of a rearview mirror in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle. The display unit includes an image displaying unit that displays an image taken by an imager mounted to the vehicle, and a half mirror disposed in front of the image displaying unit. The display unit changes an image to be displayed according to a lighting state of an interior lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: TAKASHI KUWABARA, HITOAKI AKAHORI, KAZUHIRO MORISHITA, TERUMITSU SUENAGA
  • Publication number: 20170011709
    Abstract: A display control device includes an input unit receiving a recognition result of a surrounding situation of a vehicle; and control circuitry controlling an image generating device such that a predetermined image indicating a presentation image at the time of being displayed on a display medium transmitting light is generated in a case in which a predetermined target is recognized in the vicinity of the vehicle. The control circuitry senses, on the basis of the recognition result, that a color of a foreground of the vehicle on which the first presentation image is superimposed in the display medium is changed from a first color to a second color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: TAKASHI KUWABARA, HITOAKI AKAHORI, KAZUHIRO MORISHITA, TERUMITSU SUENAGA
  • Publication number: 20160368418
    Abstract: A rear-view monitor device includes a main housing mounted to a place in front of a driver seat in an inside of an automobile, a display unit mounted to the main housing at a side to the driver seat, a first camera capable of capturing a rear view image of an outside of the automobile, a second camera capable of capturing one of a front view image and a side view image of the outside of the automobile, and a light-emitting section disposed on an outer circumference of the main housing. The display unit includes a display disposed in the main housing and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: TERUMITSU SUENAGA, TAKASHI KUWABARA, KAZUHIRO MORISHITA, HITOAKI AKAHORI
  • Publication number: 20160337594
    Abstract: A vehicle-mountable display device includes an image display unit configured to be mounted to a position of an inner rearview mirror in a cabin of a vehicle, a driving unit for driving the image display unit, and an orientation controller for controlling the driving unit to control an orientation of the image display unit. The orientation controller is configured to turn the orientation of the image display unit into a rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a rearview mirror mode in which the half-mirror is used as a rearview mirror. The orientation controller is configured to turn the orientation of the image display unit into a display-mode orientation different from the rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a display mode in which the image display displays the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO MORISHITA, HITOAKI AKAHORI, TAKASHI KUWABARA, TERUMITSU SUENAGA
  • Patent number: 9408322
    Abstract: A sliding member that is provided in a front panel of a case so as to be movable in the vertical direction and is placed at a down position due to the own weight is provided with a window portion which covers and hides a screw insertion hole for fixing a unit when the sliding member is located at the down position and exposes the screw insertion hole when the sliding member is lifted to an up position. Further, the front panel is provided with an interlocking switch that controls the operation of the case unit in a manner such that the interlocking switch is turned on while being pressed by the sliding member lifted to the up position and is turned off while the pressing operation is released when the sliding member is located at the down position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 9312952
    Abstract: A transmission device includes: a plurality of detectors configured to respectively detect alarms of a plurality of frame signals having divided client signals respectively; a memory configured to store group information indicating a group in which the client signal is in common regarding the plurality of frame signals; a specifying portion configured to specify, based on the group information, a second frame signal storing the client signal in common with a first frame signal in which a first alarm is detected by one of the plurality of detectors among the plurality of frame signals; and one or more generators configured to generate a second alarm for the second frame signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyomasa Nishisaka, Takashi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 9270656
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device including a communication unit configured to include different communication modes, and an information exchange unit configured to exchange, before the communication unit transmits information to a transmission destination device, an available communication mode and authentication information in advance with the transmission destination device using a communication mode included in the communication unit, the authentication information being used when communication is performed using the communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 9264140
    Abstract: A transmission method that transmits an optical signal via a plurality of virtual lanes in dual polarization or multi-level modulation includes: receiving a first frame signal of a first frequency and a second frame signal of a second frequency, and storing the first and second frame signals on a memory; reading out the first frame signal from the memory at a third frequency, and inserting a stuff into the first frame signal such that a difference between the first frequency and the third frequency is adjusted to generate a third frame signal; reading out the second frame signal from the memory at the third frequency, and inserting a staff into the second frame signal such that a difference between the second frequency and the third frequency is adjusted to generate a fourth frame signal; and transmitting the third and fourth frame signals respectively via different virtual lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takashi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20150334865
    Abstract: A sliding member that is provided in a front panel of a case so as to be movable in the vertical direction and is placed at a down position due to the own weight is provided with a window portion which covers and hides a screw insertion hole for fixing a unit when the sliding member is located at the down position and exposes the screw insertion hole when the sliding member is lifted to an up position. Further, the front panel is provided with an interlocking switch that controls the operation of the case unit in a manner such that the interlocking switch is turned on while being pressed by the sliding member lifted to the up position and is turned off while the pressing operation is released when the sliding member is located at the down position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Takashi KUWABARA
  • Publication number: 20150249506
    Abstract: An optical receiver includes a reception module, a first detector, a second detector, a shift module, a first extraction module, and a second extraction module. The reception module receives a frame. The first detector detects a head position of a first layer, the head position being included in the frame. The second detector detects a head position of a second layer, the head position being included in the frame. The shift module shifts the frame so that the head position of the first layer and the head position of the second layer are located at respective predetermined positions. The first extraction module extracts a header of the first layer from the frame after the frame is shifted. The second extraction module extracts a header of the second layer from the frame after the frame is shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kitajima, Takashi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20150206407
    Abstract: A transmission device includes: a plurality of detectors configured to respectively detect alarms of a plurality of frame signals having divided client signals respectively; a memory configured to store group information indicating a group in which the client signal is in common regarding the plurality of frame signals; a specifying portion configured to specify, based on the group information, a second frame signal storing the client signal in common with a first frame signal in which a first alarm is detected by one of the plurality of detectors among the plurality of frame signals; and one or more generators configured to generate a second alarm for the second frame signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyomasa NISHISAKA, Takashi KUWABARA
  • Patent number: 9071830
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a depth-information detecting section, a comparison/detection section, and a control unit. The depth-information detecting section is provided for detecting a peak position of an object in a depth direction, at which the object is displayed at the front in an additional information display area. The comparison/detection section is provided for making a comparison between depth information of the additional information and the peak value of the stereoscopic video data to detect a positional relationship between the stereoscopic data and the display position of the additional information in the depth direction. The control unit is provided for controlling the stereoscopic video data and the display position of the additional information in response to the positional relationship between the stereoscopic video data and the display position of the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Okada, Takashi Kuwabara, Kazuya Yokoyama, Kenichiro Aridome, Atsushi Mae, Kenichiro Nagao, Shinya Kano
  • Patent number: 8992062
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a light guide plate arranged so that an edge surface thereof is opposed to a light source, the light guide plate being configured to internally reflect light entering from the edge surface to cause planar light emission from a front surface of the light guide plate; and a reflective sheet arranged so as to be opposed to a rear surface of the light guide plate. Irregularities are formed on the front surface. The irregularities are formed to have a shape of a combination of first convex portions and second convex portions, each of the first convex portions including a first ridge line which continuously extends along a first direction corresponding to a light traveling direction, each of the second convex portions including a second ridge line which continuously extends along a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Oku, Yasuhisa Shiraishi, Masao Uehara, Akiyoshi Tobe, Takashi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 8866968
    Abstract: Provided is a video processing device capable of displaying an easily viewable video utilizing a broader area in a display. A video processing unit that is included in the video processing device and processes an input video includes a first memory that stores the input video, a second memory that stores the input video, a compression/expansion control unit that compresses and/or expands a first area of the input video stored in the first memory and compresses and/or expands a second area of the input video stored in the second memory, and an image composing unit that generates an output video in which a video of the first area compressed and/or expanded by the compression/expansion control unit and a video of the second area compressed and/or expanded by the compression/expansion control unit are horizontally aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20140226981
    Abstract: A transmission method that transmits an optical signal via a plurality of virtual lanes in dual polarization or multi-level modulation includes: receiving a first frame signal of a first frequency and a second frame signal of a second frequency, and storing the first and second frame signals on a memory; reading out the first frame signal from the memory at a third frequency, and inserting a stuff into the first frame signal such that a difference between the first frequency and the third frequency is adjusted to generate a third frame signal; reading out the second frame signal from the memory at the third frequency, and inserting a staff into the second frame signal such that a difference between the second frequency and the third frequency is adjusted to generate a fourth frame signal; and transmitting the third and fourth frame signals respectively via different virtual lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takashi KUWABARA
  • Patent number: 8727594
    Abstract: The end surface of the light guide plate has a flat surface and a protruding surface which protrudes with respect to the flat surface. Light traveling from the light source in a direction perpendicular to the flat surface enters the light guide plate in an expanded manner due to refraction at the protruding surface. The protruding surface has a shape in which cylindrical surfaces are integrated, the respective cylindrical surfaces being formed about central axes which are orthogonal to the front surface from which the light exits. A pair of cylindrical surfaces, which is positioned at both end portions of the protruding surface in an arraying direction of the cylindrical surfaces, is each adjacent to the flat surface. Adjacent cylindrical surfaces are connected to each other at a position shifted in a protruding direction of the protruding surface with respect to the flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shuta Ando, Takashi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 8705570
    Abstract: A communication device includes a control signal generating unit to generate a control signal for each of a plurality of second frames, and a mapping unit to map a payload signal of the plurality of second frames in a payload area of a first frame, and map at least some of the control signals generated by the control signal generating unit in a control signal area of the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya Uchida, Takashi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 8692938
    Abstract: There is provided a video processing device capable of reducing the influence of a disturbance of an input vertical synchronization signal. When the synchronization signal detecting unit detects an input of the input-side vertical synchronization signal at a predetermined cycle, the synchronization signal control unit outputs the input-side vertical synchronization signal, which has been input, as an output-side vertical synchronization signal, and, when the synchronization signal detecting unit detects an input of a next input-side vertical synchronization signal before the predetermined cycle elapses after the output of the output-side vertical synchronization signal, a next input-side vertical synchronization signal input before the predetermined cycle elapses is not output as a next output-side vertical synchronization signal, and an input-side vertical synchronization signal input further next is output as the next output-side vertical synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Kuwabara