Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kubo

Takeshi Kubo 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: 20180174608
    Abstract: Provided is a disc archive apparatus, including: a tray conveying robot that selects a specified disc tray and conveys the specified disc tray; a rotatable turn table, the disc tray conveyed by the tray conveying robot being placed on the rotatable turn table; a disc conveying picker for placing the discs from the disc tray placed on the turn table into the plurality of drives of the disc drive; and a controller that controls an operation, in which the controller performs a control operation including performing processing including recording or reproduction on/from the disc taken out from a disc tray currently placed on a first area of the turn table, rotating the turn table thereafter, and performing processing including recording or reproduction on/from a next disc tray placed on a second area of the turn table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: HIDEHIRO KOSAKA, TAKESHI KUBO, KOICHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170308661
    Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus which supports diagnosis based on information associated with a diagnosis name in advance is provided. In the diagnosis support apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires the diagnosis name set by a user. A providing unit provides negative information for the diagnosis name set by the user based on the information. With the above arrangement, the diagnosis support apparatus selects and presents information influencing the diagnosis name expected by the user, thereby efficiently presenting information required by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Masami Kawagishi, Kiyohide Satoh, Yoshio Iizuka, Takeshi Kubo, Masahiro Yakami, Koji Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9734300
    Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus which supports diagnosis based on information associated with a diagnosis name in advance is provided. In the diagnosis support apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires the diagnosis name set by a user. A providing unit provides negative information for the diagnosis name set by the user based on the information. With the above arrangement, the diagnosis support apparatus selects and presents information influencing the diagnosis name expected by the user, thereby efficiently presenting information required by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Kawagishi, Kiyohide Satoh, Yoshio Iizuka, Takeshi Kubo, Masahiro Yakami, Koji Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20170156603
    Abstract: A flow rate control apparatus includes a flow rate detection unit that detects the flow rate of a fluid flowing through a solenoid valve, a correlation storage unit that stores a correlation between a flow start point voltage at which the fluid starts to flow through a sample solenoid valve, which has substantially the same characteristic as the solenoid valve, and a limit voltage at which the sample solenoid valve is fully open, and a control unit that, when starting control of the flow rate of the fluid, changes the driving voltage of the solenoid valve, obtains the driving voltage at a time when the start of flowing of the fluid is detected as the flow start point voltage, and uses the correlation for the sample solenoid valve to set the driving voltage of the solenoid valve within a range between the flow start point voltage and the limit voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Sato, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Toshihiko Ogura, Yoshihiko Sano, Takeshi Kubo, Gaku Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20170069084
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a report acquisition unit adapted to acquire report information including a region of interest in a medical image and comment information associated with the region of interest; a related region acquisition unit adapted to acquire a region related to the region of interest in the medical image; a determination unit adapted to determine a display position of a display region of the comment information so as not to make the display region of the comment information overlap the related region; and a display control unit adapted to display the medical image including the comment information so that the comment information is displayed at the determined display position of the display region on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubo, Gakuto Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9575909
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a waveguide forming unit, a communication unit, and a memory controller. The recording unit is configured to record and hold data. The waveguide forming unit is configured to function as a transmission path that transmits the data. The communication unit is configured to communicate with the waveguide forming unit. The memory controller is configured to control input and output of the data to and from the recording unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubo, Takeharu Takasawa, Naofumi Goto, Seiji Kobayashi, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9514778
    Abstract: There is provided an optical disc device that performs recording on a land and a groove, including an optical path splitter configured to split a luminous flux returning from an optical disc into first and second optical paths, a first detector configured to receive a whole of the luminous flux that has passed through the first optical path, a second detector configured to receive a luminous flux of an inside part of the luminous flux that has passed through the second optical path, a spherical aberration error signal generation unit configured to generate a spherical aberration error signal on the basis of a difference between a first focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the first detector and a second focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the second detector, a spherical aberration correction unit, and an adjustment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Ikuta, Takeshi Kubo, Takashi Nakao, Kimihiro Saito, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9433377
    Abstract: A sleep state management device includes a sensor that detects movement in bedding where a measurement subject is sleeping, and a control unit that calculates a peak value difference, which is a difference between adjacent peak values in a detection signal outputted from the sensor, determines that a period in which a number of times the peak value difference exceeds a threshold is greater than a predetermined value is a period in which the measurement subject has moved, and manages the sleep state of the measurement based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Aoyama, Teppei Sumino, Atsushi Sone, Hiroya Nakanishi, Takeshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20160225400
    Abstract: There is provided an optical disc device that performs recording on a land and a groove, including an optical path splitter configured to split a luminous flux returning from an optical disc into first and second optical paths, a first detector configured to receive a whole of the luminous flux that has passed through the first optical path, a second detector configured to receive a luminous flux of an inside part of the luminous flux that has passed through the second optical path, a spherical aberration error signal generation unit configured to generate a spherical aberration error signal on the basis of a difference between a first focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the first detector and a second focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the second detector, a spherical aberration correction unit, and an adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya IKUTA, Takeshi KUBO, Takashi NAKAO, Kimihiro SAITO, Kenji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160045140
    Abstract: A gait posture meter that evaluates a gait posture of a measurement subject includes an accelerometer affixed to a centerline of the measurement subject's waist area and a computation unit. The computation unit calculates a Z feature amount and an X feature amount indicating a degree of a difference between up-down and front-rear axis direction accelerations of the waist area in a left leg reference period and up-down and front-rear axis direction accelerations of the waist area in a right leg reference period using a timewise change waveform in three axis accelerations outputted by the accelerometer, and calculates a Y feature amount indicating a degree of a difference between a displacement of a left-right axis direction trajectory of the waist area in the left leg reference period and a displacement of the left-right axis direction trajectory of the waist area in the right leg reference period by finding a second-level integration of the left-right axis acceleration outputted by the accelerometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Yumi KITAMURA, Takeshi KUBO, Yuki TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20150095593
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a waveguide forming unit, a communication unit, and a memory controller. The recording unit is configured to record and hold data. The waveguide forming unit is configured to function as a transmission path that transmits the data. The communication unit is configured to communicate with the waveguide forming unit. The memory controller is configured to control input and output of the data to and from the recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubo, Takeharu Takasawa, Naofumi Goto, Seiji Kobayashi, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20150095543
    Abstract: A data bus system includes a plurality of recording apparatuses, a transmission path, and a management apparatus. The plurality of recording apparatuses are configured to record and hold data. The transmission path is connected to the plurality of recording apparatuses by wireless communication and configured to transmit the data. The management apparatus is configured to manage the plurality of recording apparatuses and the transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubo, Takeharu Takasawa, Naofumi Goto, Seiji Kobayashi, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8984544
    Abstract: Provided is a disk conveying device including a conveying mechanism configured to convey a disk recording medium inside and outside a disk cartridge including a plurality of holding grooves into which both end portions of the disk recording medium positioned at opposite sides with a center hole interposed therebetween are inserted, the plurality of holding grooves being formed in a line in a thickness direction of the disk recording medium, and a discharge lever configured to press an outer circumferential surface of the disk recording medium to the disk cartridge side when the disk recording medium is conveyed by the conveying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Goto, Takeharu Takasawa, Takeshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150029030
    Abstract: A sleep state management device includes a sensor that detects movement in bedding where a measurement subject is sleeping, and a control unit that calculates a peak value difference, which is a difference between adjacent peak values in a detection signal outputted from the sensor, determines that a period in which a number of times the peak value difference exceeds a threshold is greater than a predetermined value is a period in which the measurement subject has moved, and manages the sleep state of the measurement based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroaki Aoyama, Teppei Sumino, Atsushi Sone, Hiroya Nakanishi, Takeshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150026570
    Abstract: A report creating support apparatus displays, on a display unit, an evaluation item associated with a diagnosis target and a plurality of evaluation values for the evaluation item, determines one indicated evaluation value from the plurality of evaluation values displayed, and superimposes criteria information of the indicated evaluation value and criteria information of not less than one evaluation value other than the indicated evaluation value among the plurality of evaluation values on display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubo, Yoshio Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8930972
    Abstract: There is provided a disk drive apparatus including a first chassis unit that has a pickup base at which an optical pickup and a disk table have been disposed, and a first base chassis to which the pickup base has been attached, and a second chassis unit that has a second base chassis and at which a chucking pulley has been disposed. A first rectifying plate part is provided at the first base chassis. A second rectifying plate part is provided at the second base chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeharu Takasawa, Naofumi Goto, Takeshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150006447
    Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus which supports diagnosis based on information associated with a diagnosis name in advance is provided. In the diagnosis support apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires the diagnosis name set by a user. A providing unit provides negative information for the diagnosis name set by the user based on the information. With the above arrangement, the diagnosis support apparatus selects and presents information influencing the diagnosis name expected by the user, thereby efficiently presenting information required by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Masami Kawagishi, Kiyohide Satoh, Yoshio Iizuka, Takeshi Kubo, Masahiro Yakami, Koji Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20140325165
    Abstract: A memory apparatus includes a detection unit, a storage unit, an update unit, and a determination unit. The detection unit is configured to detect a deterioration factor of a nonvolatile memory. The storage unit is configured to hold a lifetime estimation value. The update unit is configured to update the lifetime estimation value on the basis of the deterioration factor detected by the detection unit. The determination unit is configured to use the lifetime estimation value updated by the update unit to generate a notification signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji KOBAYASHI, Takeshi KUBO, Michiaki YASUI, Takeharu TAKASAWA, Naofumi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20140317643
    Abstract: Provided is a disk conveying device including a conveying mechanism configured to convey a disk-like recording medium inside and outside a disk cartridge including a plurality of holding grooves into which both end portions of the disk-like recording medium positioned at opposite sides with a center hole interposed therebetween are inserted, the plurality of holding grooves being formed in a line in a thickness direction of the disk-like recording medium, and a discharge lever configured to press an outer circumferential surface of the disk-like recording medium to the disk cartridge side when the disk-like recording medium is conveyed by the conveying mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Goto, Takeharu Takasawa, Takeshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20140310733
    Abstract: There is provided a disk drive apparatus including a first chassis unit that has a pickup base at which an optical pickup and a disk table have been disposed, and a first base chassis to which the pickup base has been attached, and a second chassis unit that has a second base chassis and at which a chucking pulley has been disposed. A first rectifying plate part is provided at the first base chassis. A second rectifying plate part is provided at the second base chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeharu Takasawa, Naofumi Goto, Takeshi Kubo