Patents by Inventor Takayuki Hara

Takayuki Hara 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: 20240105225
    Abstract: A controller of a magnetic disk device obtains, for each of a plurality of first position sets, a first distribution that is a radial distribution of differences between a target orbit of the magnetic head and an actual position of the magnetic head while correcting a disturbance synchronized with rotation of the magnetic disk by using correction amounts at a plurality of positions included in one of the plurality of first position sets. The controller performs weighting the first distribution according to a position in the radial direction and calculating an evaluation value based on the weighted first distribution for each of the plurality of first position sets. The controller selects a second position set from the plurality of first position sets based on the evaluation value. The controller records correction amounts at a plurality of positions included in the second position set by the magnetic head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sho SUZUKI, Takayuki KAWABE, Takeyori HARA, Naoki TAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20240048850
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a moving image generation apparatus that generates a moving image having a normal angle of view from a plurality of panoramic images. The moving image generation apparatus includes a goodness-of-fit-index calculation unit 103 configured to calculate goodness-of-fit-indices of camerawork types of a virtual camera with respect to the plurality of panoramic images, a type allocation unit 104 configured to determine an allocation of the camerawork types to the plurality of panoramic images based on the goodness-of-fit-indices and a frequency of occurrence of each camerawork type, and a moving image encoding unit 105 configured to create the moving image having the normal angle of view from the plurality of panoramic images with the allocated camerawork types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Takayuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20240028331
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a CPU, an image processor, multiple bus masters, and a memory, all interconnected through a system bus. The image processor includes a control circuit executing a program stored in an embedded program memory that allows the CPU to write data. The image processor also includes operational circuits that perform specific operations on input data and produce operation results. The results are temporarily stored in internal memories. The apparatus includes registers that hold various information, input sources, output destinations, and setting information for each operational circuit. A selection circuit selects, based on the register's information, the memory or internal memories as an input source of image data for each operational circuit and the memory or one of the internal memories as the output destination for the operation results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: TAKAYUKI HARA
  • Patent number: 11276202
    Abstract: A moving image generation apparatus includes: circuitry to: capture images of a three-dimensional model using different values of a camera parameter of a virtual camera to generate captured images; calculate goodness-of-fit indices using the captured images as inputs, the goodness-of-fit indices each indicating a suitability of a corresponding captured image among the captured images; and generate camerawork that traces values of the camera parameter of the virtual camera, based on the calculated goodness-of-fit indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hara, Yohei Fujita, Osamu Ogawara
  • Patent number: 11140324
    Abstract: A method of displaying a wide-angle image including one or more attention points on a display device, the method being performed by an information processing apparatus including the display device, includes, in response to detecting a predetermined trigger when at least a part of the wide-angle image is displayed as a display region, displaying a region of the wide-angle image in the display region, the region of the wide-angle image including at least one of the one or more attention points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Fujita, Osamu Ogawara, Takayuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10991342
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive image data of an object and three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG) data transmitted from an image distribution apparatus, and display, on a display, a specific region image corresponding to a specific region within an image of the object as a background image, and an image of the 3DCG data as a superimposed image to be superimposed on the background image. The specific region image corresponding to the specific region is generatable from the image data of the object and the image of the 3DCG data is generatable from the 3DCG data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Ogawara, Yohei Fujita, Takayuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10878265
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an importance calculating unit, a capturing-direction acquiring unit, a parameter estimating unit, and an important-area setting unit. The importance calculating unit is configured to calculate importance of each of a plurality of positions in an image. The capturing-direction acquiring unit is configured to acquire, for each of the positions, a capturing direction in a three-dimensional space. The parameter estimating unit is configured to regard importance distributions in respective capturing directions as a mixture distribution made up of element distributions, so as to estimate a parameter of each of the element distributions. The important-area setting unit is configured to set an important area from the image in accordance with the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20200374463
    Abstract: A method of displaying a wide-angle image including one or more attention points on a display device, the method being performed by an information processing apparatus including the display device, includes, in response to detecting a predetermined trigger when at least a part of the wide-angle image is displayed as a display region, displaying a region of the wide-angle image in the display region, the region of the wide-angle image including at least one of the one or more attention points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei FUJITA, Osamu OGAWARA, Takayuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20200334862
    Abstract: A moving image generation apparatus includes: circuitry to: capture images of a three-dimensional model using different values of a camera parameter of a virtual camera to generate captured images; calculate goodness-of-fit indices using the captured images as inputs, the goodness-of-fit indices each indicating a suitability of a corresponding captured image among the captured images; and generate camerawork that traces values of the camera parameter of the virtual camera, based on the calculated goodness-of-fit indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI HARA, YOHEI FUJITA, OSAMU OGAWARA
  • Patent number: 10771687
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit, a first recording unit configured to record, in a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by continuous shooting performed by the image capturing unit, a second recording unit configured to record, in a recording medium, the images recorded in the temporary storage, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where a first operation and a second operation by a user are accepted when an image is being recorded in the recording medium, discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop a process of recording the image in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Uchihara, Takayuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10771704
    Abstract: A method of displaying a wide-angle image including one or more attention points on a display device, the method being performed by an information processing apparatus including the display device, includes, in response to detecting a predetermined trigger when at least a part of the wide-angle image is displayed as a display region, displaying a region of the wide-angle image in the display region, the region of the wide-angle image including at least one of the one or more attention points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Fujita, Osamu Ogawara, Takayuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10701263
    Abstract: A browsing system includes an image distribution apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The image distribution apparatus includes a memory configured to store and register a presentation pattern of a plurality of display positions, including at least a first display position and a second display position, set within a wide-angle image; and first circuitry configured to transmit the wide-angle image and the presentation pattern of the plurality of display positions. The information processing apparatus includes second circuitry configured to receive the wide-angle image and the presentation pattern from the image distribution apparatus, and to display the wide-angle image on a display connected with the information processing apparatus, using the plurality of display positions by applying the received presentation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Fujita, Osamu Ogawara, Takayuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10635926
    Abstract: An image analyzing apparatus reprojects an input image in a plurality of different directions to divide the input image into a plurality of partial images, extracts a feature amount from each of the partial images, and calculates a degree of importance of the input image by position from the extracted feature amount in accordance with a predetermined regression model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20200013374
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive image data of an object and three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG) data transmitted from an image distribution apparatus, and display, on a display, a specific region image corresponding to a specific region within an image of the object as a background image, and an image of the 3DCG data as a superimposed image to be superimposed on the background image. The specific region image corresponding to the specific region is generatable from the image data of the object and the image of the 3DCG data is generatable from the 3DCG data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Osamu OGAWARA, Yohei Fujita, Takayuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20190379823
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit, a first recording unit configured to record, in a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by continuous shooting performed by the image capturing unit, a second recording unit configured to record, in a recording medium, the images recorded in the temporary storage, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where a first operation and a second operation by a user are accepted when an image is being recorded in the recording medium, discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop a process of recording the image in the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masato Uchihara, Takayuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20190280190
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a lead frame including a plurality of circuit pattern forming regions that are arranged in rows, attaching electronic components to the circuit pattern forming region to form an electronic circuit unit, forming a first sealed body with a sealing resin such that the electronic circuit unit is covered and a plurality of outer leads are exposed, cutting off certain portions of a tie bar connecting the plurality of outer leads to thereby form anchor parts respectively on the outer leads, and also cutting off the plurality of outer leads and other tie bars connected to the lead frame to thereby from a primary molded body, and forming a secondary molded body by forming a second sealed body with a sealing resin so as to cover the anchor parts and the first sealed body of the primary molded body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Takayuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20190132521
    Abstract: A method of displaying a wide-angle image including one or more attention points on a display device, the method being performed by an information processing apparatus including the display device, includes, in response to detecting a predetermined trigger when at least a part of the wide-angle image is displayed as a display region, displaying a region of the wide-angle image in the display region, the region of the wide-angle image including at least one of the one or more attention points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Yohei FUJITA, Osamu OGAWARA, Takayuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20190043200
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a first memory for storing an input image, a second memory for storing an image of a rectangular region read out from the first memory, and an image processing unit for generating an image. At a first position in an image after geometric deformation, a third rectangular region that encompasses a region of the image before geometric deformation that corresponds to a first rectangular region from among a plurality of first rectangular regions obtained by dividing the image after geometric deformation is read out, and at a second position of the image after geometric deformation, a fourth rectangular region that encompasses regions of the image before geometric deformation that correspond to a plurality of second rectangular regions obtains by further dividing the first rectangular regions is read out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Takayuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20190028642
    Abstract: A browsing system includes an image distribution apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The image distribution apparatus includes a memory configured to store and register a presentation pattern of a plurality of display positions, including at least a first display position and a second display position, set within a wide-angle image; and first circuitry configured to transmit the wide-angle image and the presentation pattern of the plurality of display positions. The information processing apparatus includes second circuitry configured to receive the wide-angle image and the presentation pattern from the image distribution apparatus, and to display the wide-angle image on a display connected with the information processing apparatus, using the plurality of display positions by applying the received presentation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yohei Fujita, Osamu Ogawara, Takayuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20180260646
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an importance calculating unit, a capturing-direction acquiring unit, a parameter estimating unit, and an important-area setting unit. The importance calculating unit is configured to calculate importance of each of a plurality of positions in an image. The capturing-direction acquiring unit is configured to acquire, for each of the positions, a capturing direction in a three-dimensional space. The parameter estimating unit is configured to regard importance distributions in respective capturing directions as a mixture distribution made up of element distributions, so as to estimate a parameter of each of the element distributions. The important-area setting unit is configured to set an important area from the image in accordance with the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Takayuki HARA