Patents by Inventor Takashi Masuda

Takashi Masuda 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: 20130278801
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a coordinate conversion unit (142) which calculates a corresponding sampling coordinate on a color mosaic image corresponding to a pixel position of a color image when a deformation process is performed, according to the pixel position of the color image; a sampling unit (143); a sampling unit (143) which interpolates-generates a pixel value in a sampling coordinate for each of color planes obtained by decomposing the color mosaic image; and a color generation unit (144) which generates a color image by synthesizing interpolation values of the respective color planes. Each pixel value of a color image subjected to a deformation process is obtained as a pixel value of the sampling coordinate from the color mosaic image by interpolation calculation, thereby realizing the color interpolation process for generating a color image from the color mosaic image and a deformation process of the color image by one interpolation calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sawada, XianJi Zhang, Takashi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20130235912
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data receiving circuit including a transmitting section configured to transmit an identifying signal used to identify a state of connection of the data receiving circuit, the identifying signal making potential transitions periodically, in an in-phase signal via a transmission path having AC coupling to a data transmitting circuit for transmitting data in a differential signal via the transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8531399
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control apparatus, an input apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a handheld apparatus that are capable of preventing a deviation between a display position of a pointer and a relative position of the input apparatus when the input apparatus is moved out of a screen from an end portion of the screen, and with which a user can obtain an intuitional operational feeling. [Solving Means] Not only on a real screen (95) but also on a virtual screen (105) set around the real screen (95), coordinates of a virtual pointer (2?) are generated and stored. Accordingly, by moving an input apparatus (1) only by an amount that the input apparatus has moved outside the real screen (95), in an opposite direction, for example, a user can resume a movement of a pointer (2) that has reached a boundary line of the real screen (95), on the real screen (95).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Takashi Masuda, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kunihito Sawai
  • Patent number: 8524913
    Abstract: ?-Trifluoromethyl-?-substituted-?-amino acids can be produced by allowing ?-trifluoromethyl-?-substituted-?,?-unsaturated esters to react with hydroxylamine to convert ?-trifluoromethyl-?-substituted-?,?-unsaturated esters into dehydrogenated closed-ring body of ?-trifluoromethyl-?-substituted-?-amino acid, and by hydrogenolyzing the dehydrogenated closed-ring body. According to this production process, novel ?-trifluoromethyl-?-substituted-?-amino acids which are free amino acids whose functional groups are not protected can be produced, in which ?-position substituent is not limited to aromatic ring group or substituted aromatic ring group while the relative stereochemistry of ?-position and ?-position can be also controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishii, Manabu Yasumoto, Takako Yamazaki, Kaori Mogi, Takashi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8502774
    Abstract: To provide an input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of restricting a movement of a pointer on a screen by a user operation even while the input apparatus is moving. In a state where a movement button is not pressed by a user, an MPU of an input apparatus is not outputting a movement command or is outputting a movement command with a displacement amount set to 0. In other words, even when the user holds the input apparatus and moves it, a pointer does not move on a screen. As a result, a movement of the pointer unintended by the user can be restricted. When the movement button is pressed, that is, when a first operation signal is input via a first switch, the MPU starts outputting the movement command. By receiving the movement command, an MPU of a control apparatus controls display of the pointer so as to start the movement of the pointer that corresponds to the movement command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Kenji Hachisu, Hideaki Kumagai, Katsuhiko Yamada, Takashi Masuda, Kunihito Sawai
  • Patent number: 8494260
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a coordinate conversion unit (142) which calculates a corresponding sampling coordinate on a color mosaic image corresponding to a pixel position of a color image when a deformation process is performed, according to the pixel position of the color image; a sampling unit (143); a sampling unit (143) which interpolates-generates a pixel value in a sampling coordinate for each of color planes obtained by decomposing the color mosaic image; and a color generation unit (144) which generates a color image by synthesizing interpolation values of the respective color planes. Each pixel value of a color image subjected to a deformation process is obtained as a pixel value of the sampling coordinate from the color mosaic image by interpolation calculation, thereby realizing the color interpolation process for generating a color image from the color mosaic image and a deformation process of the color image by one interpolation calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Hive B.V.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sawada, XianJi Zhang, Takashi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8456422
    Abstract: An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a handheld apparatus with which a user can easily control a movement and stop of a pointer displayed on a screen are provided. An input apparatus includes a sensor unit for detecting a movement of a casing and a button. An MPU outputs a determination code when a press of the button is released within a first time period. On the other hand, when the button is pressed and held for a time period equal to or longer than a first time period, a movement command is output from after an elapse of the first time period. Accordingly, the button is provided with a function corresponding to a determination input button and a function corresponding to an input button for controlling a movement and stop of a pointer, for example. As a result, a user can easily control the movement and stop of the pointer without mixing up an input operation for moving and stopping the pointer with other input operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Masuda, Toshio Mamiya, Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Yoshiharu Saiki, Hideaki Kumagai, Katsuhiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 8404574
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device which is capable of obtaining the silicon carbide semiconductor device having a high forward current and a low reverse leakage current by a simple method. The method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a film made of a first electrode material on one surface of a silicon carbide substrate, and forming an ohmic electrode by performing heat treatment at a temperature range of 930 to 950° C.; and forming a film made of a second electrode material on the other surface of the silicon carbide substrate, and forming a Schottky electrode by performing heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Takashi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20120234231
    Abstract: The process for producing silicon carbide single crystals of the present invention comprises a step for growing single crystals of silicon carbide on a silicon carbide seed crystal by supplying a sublimed gas of a silicon carbide source material to the silicon carbide seed crystal arranged on a pedestal, wherein a spacing member composed of silicon carbide is arranged between the pedestal and the silicon carbide seed crystal, the spacing member is non-adhesively held on the pedestal by a supporting member, the silicon carbide seed crystal is adhered to the surface of the spacing member on the opposite side of the pedestal, and the spacing member and the supporting member are relatively arranged so that the adhesive surface of the spacing member adhered with the silicon carbide seed crystal is separated by 5 mm or more in the vertical direction from the lowest position of the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Masuda, Hisao Kogoi, Katsuhiko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8217196
    Abstract: By reacting a ?-hydroxy-?-amino acid with sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2) in the presence of an organic base, it is possible to produce an ?-fluoro-?-amino acid of the formula [2]. By using a C8-12 tertiary amine having two or more alkyl groups of C3 or higher, and especially diisopropylethylamine, as the organic base, by-production of quantery ammonium salts is effectively suppressed. By applying the production process of the present invention, it is possible to very easily produce (2R)-3-(dibenzylamino)-2-fluoropropionic acid methyl ester, which is extremely important as a pharmaceutical intermediate, with high positional selectivity even on an industrial scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishii, Takako Yamazaki, Manabu Yasumoto, Takashi Masuda, Hideyuki Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20120064302
    Abstract: A patterning method comprising the steps of: the first step of disposing at least one silane compound selected from the group consisting of a silicon hydride compound and a silicon halide compound in the space between a substrate and a patterned mold; and the second step of subjecting the silane compound to at least one treatment selected from a heat treatment and an ultraviolet exposure treatment. A pattern composed of silicon can be formed by carrying out the second step in an inert atmosphere or a reducing atmosphere and a pattern composed of silicon oxide can be formed by carrying out at least part of the second step in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoda, Yasuo Matsuki, Ryo Kawajiri, Takashi Masuda, Toshihiko Kaneda
  • Patent number: 8105870
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on a substrate; forming an organic semiconductor layer including a ? conjugated organic compound at least between the source electrode and the drain electrode; applying an application liquid on the organic semiconductor layer, the application liquid being made of a polymer of an alicyclic compound dissolved in a paraffin hydrocarbon solvent that is a carbocyclic compound without having aromaticity; forming a gate insulation layer including the polymer of the alicyclic compound by removing the paraffin hydrocarbon solvent from the application liquid; and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20110318939
    Abstract: A composition comprising a high order silane compound and a solvent, wherein the solvent contains a cyclic hydrocarbon which has one or two double bonds and no alkyl group, is composed of only carbon and hydrogen and has a refractive index of 1.40 to 1.51, a specific permittivity of not more than 3.0 and a molecular weight of not more than 180. A high-quality film which is safe and has a desired film thickness can be formed from the high order silane composition of the present invention by a liquid-phase process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoda, Yasuo Matsuki, Takashi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20110306781
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing an optically active fluorinated oxetane, which can be an important pharmaceutical or agricultural intermediate, by reaction of a fluorinated ?-keto ester with an acyl alkenyl ether in the presence of a transition metal complex with an optically active ligand. This method utilizes a catalytic asymmetric synthesis process and does not require a stoichiometric amount of chiral source. It is thus possible to dramatically reduce the amount of use of the asymmetric catalyst especially when the reaction is performed at a high concentration of substrate (with the use of a small amount of reaction solvent) or in the absence of a reaction solvent (under neat conditions). Further, the target optically active fluorinated oxetane can be obtained with high yield and with very high optical purity. The product contains almost no difficult-to-separate impurity and shows high chemical purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicants: Central Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Koichi Mikami, Kohsuke Aikawa, Junpei Aida, Akihiro Ishii, Misugi Kato, Takashi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8077300
    Abstract: A MTF measuring system includes measurement result screen data indicative of an object image and an MTF curve image are generated in accordance with the object image data obtained by photographing the object and the MTF curve image data indicative of the MTF curve generated from MTF data that become an index to evaluate lens performance. The measurement result screen based on the generated measurement result screen data is displayed on a real time basis in the case of evaluation measurement operations of the lens performance. A user can grasp the necessity for a focus adjustment from the MTF curve image on the measurement result screen. If necessary, the user can adjust the focus of the object displayed together with the MTF curve image, and at the same time can evaluate the lens performance from the MTF curve image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Acutelogic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Masuda, Kouki Yoshida, Takaharu Aoki, Kenichiro Waki
  • Publication number: 20110256699
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device which is capable of obtaining the silicon carbide semiconductor device having a high forward current and a low reverse leakage current by a simple method. The method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a film made of a first electrode material on one surface of a silicon carbide substrate, and forming an ohmic electrode by performing heat treatment at a temperature range of 930 to 950° C.; and forming a film made of a second electrode material on the other surface of the silicon carbide substrate, and forming a Schottky electrode by performing heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Takashi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8038972
    Abstract: A higher order silane composition, includes: a higher order silane compound; and a solvent containing one of a substituted hydrocarbon based solvent and an unsubstituted hydrocarbon based solvent. As the solvent, a solvent having a refractive index of 1.53 or more is selected so that the higher order silane compound is dissolved therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Masuda, Makoto Kato, Hideki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8036482
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including, a distortion correction processor for generating a distortion-corrected output image from a distorted wide-field-of-view image, and a selected area setting unit for setting a selected area in the output image, wherein the distortion correction processor corrects a distortion with a lower image quality when an output image of an area exclusive of the selected area is generated than when an output image of the selected area is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Masuda, Toshihide Nakane, Yoshiharu Saiki, Hidetaka Takuma
  • Patent number: 8017936
    Abstract: An electric device includes: a pair of electrodes, an organic semiconductor film and an organic film formed on a surface of at least one of the electrodes, wherein the organic this film includes a nonconjugated organic compound having a plurality of coupling groups coupled with the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Masuda
  • Patent number: 7973831
    Abstract: An objective is to provide a solid-state image sensor which can reduce the pixel rate while restraining the reduction in the angle of view and the deterioration in image quality when image data is output from the image sensor, and an imaging apparatus using the image sensor. A solid-state image sensor includes: plural photoelectric conversion elements which respectively have color filters being divided into plural groups each including color filters of plural colors, the groups being cyclically provided; and an signal output unit which mixes up digital signals, which are output via the A/D converter, at predetermined sampling positions and at predetermined different rates, and outputs signals which are smaller in number than the photoelectric conversion elements, and sampling gravity centers of the signals output from the signal output unit are at equal intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Acutelogic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sawada, Takehiro Minato, Takashi Masuda