Patents by Inventor Taro Katayama
Taro Katayama 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).
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Patent number: 12164253Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish applying apparatus, an input unit, a first image processing unit, and a second image processing unit. The image forming apparatus forms a toner image on a recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting first image data to data change processing. The varnish applying apparatus forms a varnish image on the recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting second image data to the data change processing.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiyuki Yamada, Yoshiro Tsukada, Masami Hano, Shingo Hirota, Taro Hanazato, Daisuke Katayama, Kyohei Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20240402633Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: SHINGO HIROTA, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, MASAMI HANO, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KYOHEI KIKUCHI, DAISUKE KATAYAMA, TARO HANAZATO
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Patent number: 12105449Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shingo Hirota, Yoshiro Tsukada, Masami Hano, Toshiyuki Yamada, Kyohei Kikuchi, Daisuke Katayama, Taro Hanazato
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Patent number: 9440602Abstract: A method for operating an in-vehicle charger and an in-vehicle charger mounted to a vehicle. The in-vehicle charger includes a charging coil for performing non-contact charging to a mobile device placed in the vehicle; and a control unit connected to the charging coil. The control unit instructs start or stop of supplying power to the charging coil in response to detecting a first signal indicating the engine is driven and a second signal indicating a state of a vehicle component of the vehicle other than the engine. The method includes a step of detecting the first signal; a step of detecting the second signal; and a step of instructing a start or stop of supplying power to the charging coil in response to detecting both of the first and second signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Izumi Iwanaga, Kenichi Koike, Taro Katayama
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Publication number: 20160152199Abstract: A method for operating an in-vehicle charger and an in-vehicle charger mounted to a vehicle. The in-vehicle charger includes a charging coil for performing non-contact charging to a mobile device placed in the vehicle; and a control unit connected to the charging coil. The control unit instructs start or stop of supplying power to the charging coil in response to detecting a first signal indicating the engine is driven and a second signal indicating a state of a vehicle component of the vehicle other than the engine. The method includes a step of detecting the first signal; a step of detecting the second signal; and a step of instructing a start or stop of supplying power to the charging coil in response to detecting both of the first and second signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Izumi IWANAGA, Kenichi KOIKE, Taro KATAYAMA
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Patent number: 9266483Abstract: An in-vehicle charger includes a charging coil mounted to a vehicle including a communication device, and a control unit connected to the charging coil. The control unit is configured to detect a vehicle driving state based on a detection of an engine operation state of the vehicle or a parking brake release output of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Izumi Iwanaga, Kenichi Koike, Taro Katayama
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Patent number: 9167732Abstract: A vehicle-mounting charging apparatus includes a body case adapted to be mounted to a ceiling part of a vehicle, and a charging coil for contactless charging that is provided in the body case. A shielding part for shielding electromagnetic waves is provided on a lower side of the charging coil.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Izumi Iwanaga, Taro Katayama, Sohtaro Okano, Kenichi Koike
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Patent number: 8982943Abstract: A data processor according to the present invention plays back video and audio from a data stream including video data and audio data, each of which is provided with time information representing its presentation time. The processor includes: a stream acquiring section for acquiring a first data stream and a second data stream continuously; an inserting section for inserting boundary-setting dummy data between the data streams; an analyzing section, which detects the dummy data and associates identification information with the video and audio data of each data stream; a control section for controlling the respective output timings of video data and audio data by reference to the time information of the video data and the time information of the audio data that are associated with the same piece of identification information; and an output section.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Katayama, Kazuo Fujimoto, Toshiya Noritake, Shin-ichi Saeki
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Publication number: 20130345932Abstract: An in-vehicle charger includes a charging coil mounted to a vehicle including a communication device, and a control unit connected to the charging coil. The control unit is configured to detect a vehicle driving state based on a detection of an engine operation state of the vehicle or a parking brake release output of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Iwanaga, Kenichi Koike, Taro Katayama
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Publication number: 20130249482Abstract: A vehicle-mounting charging apparatus includes a body case adapted to be mounted to a ceiling part of a vehicle, and a charging coil for contactless charging that is provided in the body case. A shielding part for shielding electromagnetic waves is provided on a lower side of the charging coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Iwanaga, Taro Katayama, Sohtaro Okano, Kenichi Koike
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Patent number: 8526689Abstract: On the methods of creating corneocyte specimen for providing useful information for appropriate selection of cosmetic products or assessment of the skin condition, it is intended to provide a method of indicating an unstained image of corneocytes or the like in an observable pseudocolor in a method of creating corneocyte specimen, without resorting to staining the corneocyte specimen. The state of corneocytes of skin is input into a computer as an enlarged image by using, for example, a digital microscope. Then, the RGB values of the individual pixels in the image are converted with the use of a conversion system such as a conversion formula, a conversion table or a conversion chart and an image is indicated in a pseudocolor by using the individual RGB values converted.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Pola Chemical Industries IncInventors: Kenya Hirayama, Taro Katayama, Kazuhiro Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8068617Abstract: Provided is an audio playback system, which reduces a restriction on a place of installation and which reduces the dispersion of characteristics of sound pressures in a low frequency range due to the seats in a passenger interior of a vehicle so that a comfortable bass sound can be enjoyed at any seat.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Taro Katayama, Tsuyoshi Haga
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Patent number: 7877156Abstract: This invention provides an audio reproducing apparatus which reproduces plural digital audio signals and synchronizes them with each other. The audio reproducing apparatus includes a synchronization setting unit 11 which synchronizes the plural audio signals by allocating, on a time axis, plural pieces of audio reproduction time information of the audio signals and in a manner which maintains a difference between reproduction times indicated by adjacent pieces of the audio reproduction time information of each of the audio signals, and an audio synthesis unit 6 which synthesizes the plural audio signals using the plural pieces of the audio reproduction time information allocated on the time axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuo Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Okada, Taro Katayama
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Publication number: 20100111382Abstract: On the methods of creating corneocyte specimen for providing useful information for appropriate selection of cosmetic products or assessment of the skin condition, it is intended to provide a method of indicating an unstained image of corneocytes or the like in an observable pseudocolor in a method of creating corneocyte specimen, without resorting to staining the corneocyte specimen. The state of corneocytes of skin is input into a computer as an enlarged image by using, for example, a digital microscope. Then, the RGB values of the individual pixels in the image are converted with the use of a conversion system such as a conversion formula, a conversion table or a conversion chart and an image is indicated in a pseudocolor by using the individual RGB values converted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Kenya Hirayama, Taro Katayama, Kazuhiro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20100088103Abstract: Noise is prevented when decoding an audio stream not containing syncwords or CRC bits in the elementary stream. When decoding a current frame, the private header of the next frame is analyzed and the current frame is muted if the private header of the next frame is not valid. When there is a data discontinuity caused by editing, decoding resumes from the start address of the next frame determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Taro Katayama, Toshiya Noritake, Kazuo Fujimoto
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Patent number: 7653538Abstract: Noise is prevented when decoding an audio stream not containing syncwords or CRC bits in the elementary stream. When decoding a current frame, the private header of the next frame is analyzed and the current frame is muted if the private header of the next frame is not valid. When there is a data discontinuity caused by editing, decoding resumes from the start address of the next frame determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Taro Katayama, Toshiya Noritake, Kazuo Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20090190773Abstract: Provided is an audio playback system, which reduces a restriction on a place of installation and which reduces the dispersion of characteristics of sound pressures in a low frequency range due to the seats in a passenger interior of a vehicle so that a comfortable bass sound can be enjoyed at any seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2007Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Taro Katayama, Tsuyoshi Haga
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Publication number: 20080037151Abstract: This invention provides an audio reproducing apparatus which reproduces plural digital audio signals and synchronizes them with each other. The audio reproducing apparatus includes a synchronization setting unit 11 which synchronizes the plural audio signals by allocating, on a time axis, plural pieces of audio reproduction time information of the audio signals and in a manner which maintains a difference between reproduction times indicated by adjacent pieces of the audio reproduction time information of each of the audio signals, and an audio synthesis unit 6 which synthesizes the plural audio signals using the plural pieces of the audio reproduction time information allocated on the time axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Okada, Taro Katayama
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Publication number: 20070179786Abstract: There is provided an AV content processing device operable to reduce unpleasantness caused to a user when a detection error occurs in detecting a CM section. A CM detection unit (101) detects a CM section based on a power level of a sound signal in a stored AV content or the like, and acquires information indicating boundaries between the CM section and program sections. The user inputs, via a purpose reception unit (102), a view purpose to view the AV content. Boundary A boundary correction unit (103) shifts, in accordance with the view purpose inputted by the user, positions of the boundaries (a start point and an end point) between the CM section detected by the CM detection unit (101) and the program sections such that the detected CM section becomes long or short.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2005Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Meiko Masaki, Takashi Kawamura, Masayuki Misaki, Toshihiko Date, Taro Katayama, Haruyo Ohkubo, Kazuhiro Kuroyama
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Publication number: 20060271983Abstract: A data processor according to the present invention plays back video and audio from a data stream including video data and audio data, each of which is provided with time information representing its presentation time. The processor includes: a stream acquiring section for acquiring a first data stream and a second data stream continuously; an inserting section for inserting boundary-setting dummy data between the data streams; an analyzing section, which detects the dummy data and associates identification information with the video and audio data of each data stream; a control section for controlling the respective output timings of video data and audio data by reference to the time information of the video data and the time information of the audio data that are associated with the same piece of identification information; and an output section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2004Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Taro Katayama, Kazuo Fujimoto, Toshiya Noritake, Shin-ichi Saeki