Patents by Inventor Takashi Maki

Takashi Maki 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).

  • Patent number: 9994074
    Abstract: A detection device includes a camera, a recognition unit, and a detection unit. The camera acquires image data obtained by capturing surroundings of a vehicle. The recognition unit recognizes switching of signal indication of a traffic signal from the image data. The detection unit detects a dangerous driving degree indicating a degree of dangerous driving done by a driver of the vehicle based on acceleration data of the vehicle acquired after the signal indication is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Haike Guan, Ryosuke Kasahara, Tomoaki Yano, Naoki Kikuchi, Takashi Maki
  • Patent number: 9998674
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Publication number: 20170330455
    Abstract: A driving determination device includes an acquirer configured to acquire at least a captured image of a driving body in a driving direction and information that changes with movement of the driving body; a driving level calculator configured to calculate a driving level for evaluating a driving method for the driving body for each predetermined determination item, using at least one of the acquired captured image and the acquired information that changes with the movement of the driving body; an itemized calculator configured to calculate values based on a plurality of the calculated driving levels for each determination item; and an evaluation result calculator configured to calculate a value for comprehensively evaluating the driving method for the driving body, using the values based on the driving levels for each determination item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki KIKUCHI, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Haike GUAN, Tomoaki YANO, Takashi MAKI
  • Publication number: 20170328733
    Abstract: A management server communicable with a plurality of terminal devices, including a first terminal device, includes: a receiver to receive, from the first terminal device, shared information to be shared between the plurality of terminal devices, the shared information including first location information indicating a current location of the first terminal device, direction information indicating a direction that the first terminal device faces, and distance information indicating a distance from the first terminal device to a target destination; circuitry to generate target destination information including second location information indicating a location of the target destination based on the shared information received from the first terminal device; and a transmitter to transmit the target destination information to the plurality of terminal devices for display at the plurality of terminal devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yuuto GOTOH, Shigenobu HIRANO, Ikue KAWASHIMA, Yasuo KATANO, Takashi MAKI, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Shiroh IKEGAMI, Qing LIANG, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA, Norikazu IGARASHI, Satomi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170318230
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Publication number: 20170315357
    Abstract: A monocular image display device includes a virtual image former to display an image in front of one eye of a user and a primary light amount adjuster being in front of another eye of the user. The primary light amount adjuster is disposed closer to the one eye of the user than an optical axis of the another eye of the user is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yasuo KATANO, Shigenobu HIRANO, lkue KAWASHIMA, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Takashi MAKI, Yuuto GOTOH, Shiroh IKEGAMI, Qing LIANG
  • Patent number: 9743005
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Patent number: 9501160
    Abstract: A coordinate detection system that detects a coordinate pointed by a pointing operation on a board face includes at least two light receiving units that receive a light emitted from a peripheral light emission part provided in a periphery of the board face; and a coordinate detecting unit that detects the coordinate pointed by the pointing operation based on a comparison between a first intensity distribution and a second intensity distribution, wherein the first intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part without an interruption of the light caused by the pointing operation, wherein the second intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part when the pointing operation points the board face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Maki
  • Publication number: 20160156881
    Abstract: A detection device includes a camera, a recognition unit, and a detection unit. The camera acquires image data obtained by capturing surroundings of a vehicle. The recognition unit recognizes switching of signal indication of a traffic signal from the image data. The detection unit detects a dangerous driving degree indicating a degree of dangerous driving done by a driver of the vehicle based on acceleration data of the vehicle acquired after the signal indication is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Haike GUAN, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Tomoaki YANO, Naoki KIKUCHI, Takashi MAKI
  • Publication number: 20160065857
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Patent number: 9219865
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Publication number: 20150077763
    Abstract: A coordinate detection system that detects a coordinate pointed by a pointing operation on a board face includes at least two light receiving units that receive a light emitted from a peripheral light emission part provided in a periphery of the board face; and a coordinate detecting unit that detects the coordinate pointed by the pointing operation based on a comparison between a first intensity distribution and a second intensity distribution, wherein the first intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part without an interruption of the light caused by the pointing operation, wherein the second intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part when the pointing operation points the board face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi MAKI
  • Publication number: 20140368720
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Patent number: 8860866
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Patent number: 8760540
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a lens unit and a device body detachably joined with each other. The lens unit includes an optical lens, an image sensor capturing an optical lens image of a subject having transmitted through the optical lens and outputting an output signal, and an image processing unit executing a plurality of image processings on image data generated from the output signal of the image sensor. The device body includes a display unit displaying the image data, a storage unit storing an image file containing the image data and an image processing unit having a substantially same image processing function as that of the lens unit and executing a plurality of image processings on the image data. The imaging device is configured that the image processings to execute on the image data are changeably allocated to the image processing units of the lens unit and the device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Maki, Takayoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8155511
    Abstract: A camera system includes an interchangeable lens unit including an optical lens and an imaging device for taking an image of light from a subject having passed through the optical lens, a body unit to and from which the interchangeable lens unit is attachable and detachable, a setting information saving unit which is provided in each of the interchangeable lens unit and the body unit and saves part or all of pieces of setting information referred to in taking an image, a setting information choosing unit which chooses setting information to refer to, from the setting information saved in the interchangeable lens unit and the setting information saved in the body unit, and a setting information determination unit which determines whether or not the setting information saved in the body unit is applicable to the interchangeable lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Maki
  • Publication number: 20120069234
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki
  • Patent number: 8127191
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a self-test circuit, wherein, when a operation mode of the self-test circuit has been switched from a low-speed operation mode to a high-speed operation mode, processing is performed in the high-speed operation mode during a given time period, and the processing result is invalidated based on a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Maki, Daisuke Tsukuda, Tetsuya Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 8115821
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Maki, Keiichi Ikebe, Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Taku Kodama, Ikuko Yamashiro, Takanori Yano, Akira Takahashi, Takao Inoue
  • Patent number: 8089549
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki