Patents by Inventor Takuma Kodama

Takuma Kodama 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: 4649421
    Abstract: A digital registration circuit for a multi-tube television camera wherein correction quantities corresponding to positions on a target of an image pickup tube are stored in a digital memory. The digital signal for the correction quantity read out from the digital memory is converted into an analog signal which is supplied to a low-pass filter and smoothed. The smoothed signal is sampled at a sampling frequency higher than the frequency at which the correction quantities stored in the digital memory are read out and the sampled signal is converted into a digital signal. The digital signals sequentially produced are applied to a shift register, and four sequential sample values supplied from the shift register are added together in an adder. The shift register operates in such a manner that four samples are shifted one by one every adding time. An output signal from the adder is used for correcting registration, so that the generation of shading can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi Video Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Takuma Kodama, Kenji Takahashi, Shizuka Ishibashi, Koji Kudo, Yukihiro Masuda, Masanori Hombough, Osamu Miyoshi, Kazuhisa Yoshiwara
  • Patent number: 4647822
    Abstract: A television camera capable of correcting shadings caused by digital registration faculty employed in a multi-tube type color television camera. The television camera comprises differentiating circuits for generating differentiated waves of correction waveforms used for adjusting registration, and non-linear circuits for processing the differentiated waves. Outputs of the non-linear circuits control the gain of a video signal circuit so that components responsible for the generation of shadings can be removed from a video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihiro Masuda, Shizuka Ishibashi, Kenji Takahashi, Takuma Kodama, Koji Kudo, Masanori Hombough
  • Patent number: 4549117
    Abstract: A circuit for generating a signal for correcting deflection of electron beam, which circuit is advantageously used as, for example, a circuit for correcting registration in a multi-tube type color television camera. In the correction signal generating circuit, quantities of corrections at intersections defined by a plurality of lines extending in horizontal and vertical directions so as to divide a surface scanned by the electron beam into a plurality of areas are stored in terms of digital values. The digital signal read out from the memory is converted into an analog signal. The analog signal is then supplied to low-pass filter means. From the output signal of the low-pass filter means, quantities of correction are prepared for the scanning lines present between the two intersections located adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. In the circuit, the shading is positively prevented from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Shizuka Ishibashi, Koji Kudo, Yukihiro Masuda, Takuma Kodama