Patents by Inventor Takashi Sugai

Takashi Sugai 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: 11842466
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device configured to generate a learning model for performing image recognition on a first image acquired by a first imaging device including an optical system having a first optical characteristic, including: a conversion unit configured to convert a second image for learning to generate a third image having a distortion characteristic based on the first optical characteristic; and a generation unit configured to generate the learning model based on the third image. The second image is an image acquired by a second imaging device including an optical system having a second optical characteristic different from the first optical characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Sugai
  • Publication number: 20220084169
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device configured to generate a learning model for performing image recognition on a first image acquired by a first imaging device including an optical system having a first optical characteristic, including: a conversion unit configured to convert a second image for learning to generate a third image having a distortion characteristic based on the first optical characteristic; and a generation unit configured to generate the learning model based on the third image. The second image is an image acquired by a second imaging device including an optical system having a second optical characteristic different from the first optical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Takashi Sugai
  • Publication number: 20200128189
    Abstract: A camera system is provided. The system comprises a first camera fixed to a stage; a second camera which is disposed on a panhead fixed to the stage in a state in which a direction of an optical axis of the second camera is adjustable and which has a narrower field angle than the first camera; a storage unit in which a correlation between a positional coordinate in an image captured by the first camera and an angle of the panhead for directing the optical axis in a direction corresponding to a position of the positional coordinate is stored; and a control unit. The control unit controls the angle of the panhead based on the correlation such that the optical axis is directed to a position corresponding to a positional coordinate of a subject detected from an image captured by the first camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Takashi Sugai
  • Patent number: 9475302
    Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus includes a print head configured to be able to eject an ink fed from an ink tank that contains the ink in a closed space so as to apply a negative pressure to the ink, a communication path configured to allow a liquid chamber in the print head to communicate with an outside of the liquid chamber, an opening and closing unit configured to open and close the communication path, and a control unit configured to open the communication path in accordance with a pressure in the print head via the opening and closing unit, to bring the liquid chamber and the outside into communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Finetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenro Yamaguchi, Takashi Sugai, Noritaka Ota
  • Patent number: 9409404
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is capable of ejecting a liquid through an ejection port, the liquid being supplied from a liquid container with a negative pressure generating section. The liquid ejection head comprises a liquid chamber configured to contain the liquid, a liquid supply section configured to allow the liquid to be supplied from the liquid container to the liquid chamber, and an opening configured to communicate with the liquid chamber and to enable the liquid and/or a gas to flow into the liquid chamber through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Finetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Fukuda, Kenro Yamaguchi, Takashi Sugai, Noritaka Ota, Kayo Mukai, Masayoshi Yazaki
  • Patent number: 9399348
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is capable of ejecting a liquid through an ejection port, the liquid being supplied from a liquid container with a negative pressure generating section. The liquid ejection head comprises a liquid chamber configured to contain the liquid, a liquid supply section configured to allow the liquid to be supplied from the liquid container to the liquid chamber, and an opening configured to communicate with the liquid chamber and to enable the liquid and/or a gas inside the liquid chamber to flow out through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Finetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yazaki, Kayo Mukai, Noritaka Ota, Takashi Sugai, Kenro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150085004
    Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus includes a print head configured to be able to eject an ink fed from an ink tank that contains the ink in a closed space so as to apply a negative pressure to the ink, a communication path configured to allow a liquid chamber in the print head to communicate with an outside of the liquid chamber, an opening and closing unit configured to open and close the communication path, and a control unit configured to open the communication path in accordance with a pressure in the print head via the opening and closing unit, to bring the liquid chamber and the outside into communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kenro YAMAGUCHI, Takashi Sugai, Noritaka Ota
  • Publication number: 20140285586
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is capable of ejecting a liquid through an ejection port, the liquid being supplied from a liquid container with a negative pressure generating section. The liquid ejection head comprises a liquid chamber configured to contain the liquid, a liquid supply section configured to allow the liquid to be supplied from the liquid container to the liquid chamber, and an opening configured to communicate with the liquid chamber and to enable the liquid and/or a gas to flow into the liquid chamber through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihito FUKUDA, Kenro YAMAGUCHI, Takashi SUGAI, Noritaka OTA, Kayo MUKAI, Masayoshi YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140285585
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is capable of ejecting a liquid through an ejection port, the liquid being supplied from a liquid container with a negative pressure generating section. The liquid ejection head comprises a liquid chamber configured to contain the liquid, a liquid supply section configured to allow the liquid to be supplied from the liquid container to the liquid chamber, and an opening configured to communicate with the liquid chamber and to enable the liquid and/or a gas inside the liquid chamber to flow out through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Masayoshi YAZAKI, Kayo MUKAI, Noritaka OTA, Takashi SUGAI, Kenro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8792681
    Abstract: An imaging system comprises a whole image read out unit for reading out a whole image in a first resolution from an imaging device, a partial image region selecting unit for selecting a region of a partial image in a part of the whole image which is read out, a partial image read out unit for reading out the partial image in the selected region in a second resolution from the imaging device, a characteristic region setting unit for setting a characteristic region, in which a characteristic object exists, within the partial image, a characteristic region image read out unit for reading out an image of the characteristic region, which is set, in a third resolution from the imaging device, and a resolution setting unit for setting such that the first resolution<the second resolution<the third resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Sugai
  • Patent number: 8770688
    Abstract: According to the present invention, in the case where the amount of ink remaining in an ink tank is detected using light from a light emitting unit, whether or not the amount of remaining ink is smaller than a predetermined value can be accurately determined with a decrease in the life of the light emitting unit suppressed. Thus, the present invention determines a difference between output signals each output by the light receiving unit according to a corresponding one of at least two of a plurality of levels of light emissions from the light emitting unit. Based on the difference, whether or not the amount of remaining ink is smaller than the predetermined value is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Inc.
    Inventors: Kenro Yamaguchi, Takashi Sugai
  • Patent number: 8437504
    Abstract: An imaging system comprises a whole image read out unit for reading out a whole image in a first resolution from an imaging device, a partial image region selecting unit for selecting a region of a partial image in a part of the whole image which is read out, a partial image read out unit for reading out the partial image in the selected region in a second resolution from the imaging device, a characteristic region setting unit for setting a characteristic region, in which a characteristic object exists, within the partial image, a characteristic region image read out unit for reading out an image of the characteristic region, which is set, in a third resolution from the imaging device, and a resolution setting unit for setting such that the first resolution<the second resolution<the third resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Sugai
  • Publication number: 20130016153
    Abstract: According to the present invention, in the case where the amount of ink remaining in an ink tank is detected using light from a light emitting unit, whether or not the amount of remaining ink is smaller than a predetermined value can be accurately determined with a decrease in the life of the light emitting unit suppressed. Thus, the present invention determines a difference between output signals each output by the light receiving unit according to a corresponding one of at least two of a plurality of levels of light emissions from the light emitting unit. Based on the difference, whether or not the amount of remaining ink is smaller than the predetermined value is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Kenro YAMAGUCHI, Takashi SUGAI
  • Patent number: 8339495
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes rows and columns of pixels, each column or each set of a plurality of columns being provided with an analog-to-digital converter. When an operation for holding analog electric signals performed by the analog-to-digital converters is performed simultaneously with an operation for outputting data from memories holding digital signals that are output from the analog-to-digital converters, “streaky noise” artifacts appear on an image obtained by such operations. To avoid this, the operation for holding the analog electric signals and the operation for outputting data from the memories holding the digital signals are set apart from each other by at least one data clock period of a scanning circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sugai, Yuichiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8208669
    Abstract: To provide an electronic device whose manufacturing cost and weight can be reduced and whose sound quality can be prevented from deteriorating. Speakers 28 are provided on a rear side of a liquid crystal display part 20, inside a casing 12 so as to partly protrude downward from the liquid crystal display part 20, and sound guide ducts 24 linearly extend from a front face side of the speakers 28, and thus the sound guide ducts 24 are not bent. Therefore, even high-frequency sound generated from the speakers 28 can be outputted to an external part of the casing 12 without any sound quality deterioration. Further, the speakers 28 do not have to be disposed on a front face of the casing 12 which is on an outer side of the liquid crystal display part 20, and therefore, an electronic device 10 can be made compact, which can reduce weight and manufacturing cost of the electronic device 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Hamada, Hidekazu Tutao, Takashi Sugai
  • Publication number: 20100128983
    Abstract: An imaging system comprises a whole image read out unit for reading out a whole image in a first resolution from an imaging device, a partial image region selecting unit for selecting a region of a partial image in a part of the whole image which is read out, a partial image read out unit for reading out the partial image in the selected region in a second resolution from the imaging device, a characteristic region setting unit for setting a characteristic region, in which a characteristic object exists, within the partial image, a characteristic region image read out unit for reading out an image of the characteristic region, which is set, in a third resolution from the imaging device, and a resolution setting unit for setting such that the first resolution<the second resolution<the third resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Sugai
  • Publication number: 20090080681
    Abstract: To provide an electronic device whose manufacturing cost and weight can be reduced and whose sound quality can be prevented from deteriorating. Speakers 28 are provided on a rear side of a liquid crystal display part 20, inside a casing 12 so as to partly protrude downward from the liquid crystal display part 20, and sound guide ducts 24 linearly extend from a front face side of the speakers 28, and thus the sound guide ducts 24 are not bent. Therefore, even high-frequency sound generated from the speakers 28 can be outputted to an external part of the casing 12 without any sound quality deterioration. Further, the speakers 28 do not have to be disposed on a front face of the casing 12 which is on an outer side of the liquid crystal display part 20, and therefore, an electronic device 10 can be made compact, which can reduce weight and manufacturing cost of the electronic device 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Michinori Hamada, Hidekazu Tutao, Takashi Sugai
  • Publication number: 20080246867
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes rows and columns of pixels, each column or each set of a plurality of columns being provided with an analog-to-digital converter. When an operation for holding analog electric signals performed by the analog-to-digital converters is performed simultaneously with an operation for outputting data from memories holding digital signals that are output from the analog-to-digital converters, “streaky noise” artifacts appear on an image obtained by such operations. To avoid this, the operation for holding the analog electric signals and the operation for outputting data from the memories holding the digital signals are set apart from each other by at least one data clock period of a scanning circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Sugai, Yuichiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7054746
    Abstract: A navigator receives, through communication with a server, only such map information or locality information as is considered to be necessary, and stores it by overriding with it already used map information and locality information. Thus, the navigator, despite having a small storage capacity, is free from interruption of display. Receiving minimum needed information helps save the communication charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kodani, Hiroshi Tanaka, Takashi Sugai, Isao Umezawa, Hidenori Kadono, Yuichi Abe, Kazuhiro Nakashima, Shinji Takuno, Tsutomu Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7011891
    Abstract: By causing a rubber product to be immersed into or coated with a treating liquid prepared by adding hydrogen peroxide and other additives such as surfactant, alcohol, thickening agent, other surface tension depressant into an aqueous acetic acid or formic acid solution, it becomes possible to efficiently epoxidize the surface layer of the rubber product to thereby provide the rubber product surface with non-adhesive property, sliding property and other barriering properties, without causing toxic gases and contamination due to powder dust during the manufacturing process and without deteriorating properties inherent in the rubber product such as elasticity, elongation and tensile strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Regitex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaya, Takashi Sugai, Yousuke Yamada