Patents by Inventor Taro Maeda

Taro Maeda 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: 11939744
    Abstract: A display system includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires each of a first image of a work site imaged by a first camera and a second image of the work site imaged by a second camera; a viewpoint position calculation unit that calculates a viewpoint position of worker; a luminance adjustment unit that adjusts luminance of at least one of the first image and the second image based on the viewpoint position; and a display control unit that combines the first image and the second image having the luminance adjusted and causes a display device to display the combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Osaka University
    Inventors: Youjirou Ohbatake, Taro Maeda, Masahiro Furukawa, Daisuke Kondo, Masataka Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20220290401
    Abstract: A display system includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires each of a first image of a work site imaged by a first camera and a second image of the work site imaged by a second camera; a viewpoint position calculation unit that calculates a viewpoint position of worker; a luminance adjustment unit that adjusts luminance of at least one of the first image and the second image based on the viewpoint position; and a display control unit that combines the first image and the second image having the luminance adjusted and causes a display device to display the combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Osaka University
    Inventors: Youjirou Ohbatake, Taro Maeda, Masahiro Furukawa, Daisuke Kondo, Masataka Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11337882
    Abstract: A pattern changing sheet includes: lenticular lenses in number corresponding to one wavelength of the pattern changing sheet and disposed with the bus-line pitch to in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and a pattern layer opposed to the lenticular lenses on the rear face of the lenticular lenses, the pattern layer having a gradation pattern (dots) disposed in the bus-line pitch L0. The gradation pattern includes bright dots and dark dots in the bus-line pitch to in the disposing direction. The viewer views the display pattern that is a connection of the corresponding dots of the lenticular lenses depending on the viewpoint position, and the display pattern progresses at a predetermined speed scale-factor of the movement of the viewpoint. This configuration creates and provides a pattern changing sheet having a high degree of freedom and depending on the intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Masahiro Furukawa, Nobuhito Sakamoto, Taro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20200060920
    Abstract: A pattern changing sheet includes: lenticular lenses in number corresponding to one wavelength of the pattern changing sheet and disposed with the bus-line pitch to in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and a pattern layer opposed to the lenticular lenses on the rear face of the lenticular lenses, the pattern layer having a gradation pattern (dots) disposed in the bus-line pitch L0. The gradation pattern includes bright dots and dark dots in the bus-line pitch to in the disposing direction. The viewer views the display pattern that is a connection of the corresponding dots of the lenticular lenses depending on the viewpoint position, and the display pattern progresses at a predetermined speed scale-factor of the movement of the viewpoint. This configuration creates and provides a pattern changing sheet having a high degree of freedom and depending on the intended use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro FURUKAWA, Nobuhito SAKAMOTO, Taro MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10360814
    Abstract: A motion learning support apparatus displays a teaching-aid video segment and a segment of practice video of a learner alternately on a monitor, the practice video being of the learner who is imitating a motion of the teaching-aid video segment and being taken with an imaging unit. The motion learning support apparatus includes: motion detection unit to detect a motion of the learner and a motion information acquisition unit; an evaluation unit to evaluate similarity of a motion of the learner to a motion in the teaching-aid video segment; and first learning support processing unit to, when the evaluation unit evaluates that the motions are similar, switch the monitor from video taken with the imaging unit to a following teaching-aid video segment. Thereby, vividness of an image due to the illusion effect induced to the learner can be improved, and so the learning effect can be improved for supporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, Daisuke Kondo, Kazutaka Obama, Hiroyuki Izuka
  • Patent number: 9910488
    Abstract: A motion guide display device includes a head-mountable image display device that displays an image, a camera that takes a self image from a first person perspective, an image display processing unit that displays a reference image from a first person perspective as a following target and the self image at the display unit alternately in a time-dividing manner under the condition generating a blending feeling, and a display mode setting unit that lets the image display processing unit operate within the range of cycles (frequencies) and self-other ratios as the condition generating a blending feeling. This can bring the blending feeling with the reference image, and can support the continuation of spontaneous following motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, Hiroyuki Izuka, Tomoko Yonemura, Daisuke Kondo, Takumi Yokosaka
  • Publication number: 20160314713
    Abstract: A motion learning support apparatus displays a teaching-aid video segment and a segment of practice video of a learner alternately on a monitor, the practice video being of the learner who is imitating a motion of the teaching-aid video segment and being taken with an imaging unit. The motion learning support apparatus includes: motion detection unit to detect a motion of the learner and a motion information acquisition unit; an evaluation unit to evaluate similarity of a motion of the learner to a motion in the teaching-aid video segment; and first learning support processing unit to, when the evaluation unit evaluates that the motions are similar, switch the monitor from video taken with the imaging unit to a following teaching-aid video segment. Thereby, vividness of an image due to the illusion effect induced to the learner can be improved, and so the learning effect can be improved for supporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hideyuki ANDO, Taro MAEDA, Daisuke KONDO, Kazutaka OBAMA, Hiroyuki IZUKA
  • Publication number: 20150109187
    Abstract: A motion guide display device includes a head-mountable image display device that displays an image, a camera that takes a self image from a first person perspective, an image display processing unit that displays a reference image from a first person perspective as a following target and the self image at the display unit alternately in a time-dividing manner under the condition generating a blending feeling, and a display mode setting unit that lets the image display processing unit operate within the range of cycles (frequencies) and self-other ratios as the condition generating a blending feeling. This can bring the blending feeling with the reference image, and can support the continuation of spontaneous following motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, Hiroyuki Izuka, Tomoko Yonemura, Daisuke Kondo, Takumi Yokosaka
  • Patent number: 8944448
    Abstract: A trochoid drive system includes: a supporting part to support one wheel having a wheel axle perpendicular to a steering axle that is spaced from an output axle and turns about the output axle; and a steering part that turns in synchronization with the steering axle, the steering part being configured so that a position thereof relative to the output axle is displaceable on a turning plane. The steering part includes: a first link system configured to adjust a steering angle q of the wheel by rotating the wheel axle about the steering axle in association with the displacement; and a second link system jointed to the first link system to adjust a camber angle of the wheel by tilting the wheel axle by an angle corresponding to the steering angle on a plane perpendicular to a plane parallel to the steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventor: Taro Maeda
  • Patent number: 8757316
    Abstract: A trochoid propulsion system includes wheels provided at three points of the outer edge of an outer wheel part that turns around a driving shaft; and a steering link part that co-rotates with the action part and is movable horizontally on a turning plane. The steering link part includes a liner slider including a guide member attached to a vertical steering shaft that rotates each wheel so that the length direction is in a radial direction of the steering shaft and a moving member that slides on the guide member. In a state where a center of rotation of the steering link part coincides with the driving shaft of the outer wheel part, a rotating shaft provided corresponding to the steering shaft is attached rotatably to the corresponding moving member at a position separated from the steering shaft by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando
  • Publication number: 20140110915
    Abstract: A trochoid drive system includes: a supporting part to support one wheel having a wheel axle perpendicular to a steering axle that is spaced from an output axle and turns about the output axle; and a steering part that turns in synchronization with the steering axle, the steering part being configured so that a position thereof relative to the output axle is displaceable on a turning plane. The steering part includes: a first link system configured to adjust a steering angle q of the wheel by rotating the wheel axle about the steering axle in association with the displacement; and a second link system jointed to the first link system to adjust a camber angle of the wheel by tilting the wheel axle by an angle corresponding to the steering angle on a plane perpendicular to a plane parallel to the steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventor: Taro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140068128
    Abstract: A stream processor that accesses a memory includes: stream processing sections each configured to extract a time stamp in an associated one of input streams, obtain priority information on access to the memory based on a difference between the time stamp and a reference time, output an access request to the memory and the priority information, and, when receiving access permission, access the memory; and an access controller configured to grant access permission to the stream processing sections repeatedly based on the access request and the priority information in such a manner that the access controller grants access permission to one of the stream processing sections having a highest priority and then, after termination of processing of the stream processing section to which the access permission has been granted, grants access permission to one of the stream processing sections having a next highest priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20130081499
    Abstract: A trochoid propulsion system includes steels provided at three points of the outer edge of an outer wheel part that turns around a driving shaft; and a steering link part that co-rotates with the action part and is movable horizontally on a turning plane. The steering link part includes a liner slider including a guide member attached to a vertical steering shaft that rotates each wheel so that the length direction is in a radial direction of the steering shaft and a moving member that slides on the guide member. In a state where a center of rotation of the steering link part coincides with the driving shaft of the outer wheel part, a rotating shaft provided corresponding to the steering shaft is attached rotatably to the corresponding moving member at a position separated from the steering shaft by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 8078900
    Abstract: A selector is provided so that any one of a plurality of asynchronous absorption paths can be selected when it is assumed that operating frequencies of preceding and succeeding clock domains vary depending on the application. By an operation of a selector control circuit based on, for example, information about a ratio of preceding and succeeding clock frequencies that is set in a frequency-ratio register, an asynchronous absorption path that is optimal to a frequency-dependent process required for asynchronous absorption, such as pulse expansion or the like, is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110252413
    Abstract: A bus controller includes: a boot mode verification circuit which judges whether or not replacement of part of the initial boot program is needed; a patch code transfer sequencer which controls transfer of a patch code including a replacement program from a predetermined address of an external memory, when the boot mode verification circuit judges that the replacement is needed; a patch code buffer which stores the patch code transferred under control of the patch code transfer sequencer; and an access control circuit which detects an address of the part of the initial boot program judged as needing the replacement in the ROM, based on information included in the patch code, and performs the replacement by issuing access to the patch code buffer as replacement access for access to the address of the part of the initial boot program, when the processor issues the access to the address of the part of the initial boot program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taro MAEDA
  • Patent number: 7664890
    Abstract: A system control device comprises a system LSI section having a plurality of functional blocks, a system control microcomputer section for controlling the control register of each of the functional blocks, an address decoding section for decoding an access address to a predetermined byte in a control register which the system control microcomputer section attempts to access, and issuing an access control signal to the whole of a single control register including the predetermined byte, an access control section for changing the access control signal to the whole of the single control register to an access control signal to the predetermined bytes of the plurality of control registers included in the system LSI section, with respect to access to an address to the predetermined byte, and an access mode control register for indicating whether or not the changing by the access control section is to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090039953
    Abstract: A selector is provided so that any one of a plurality of asynchronous absorption paths can be selected when it is assumed that operating frequencies of preceding and succeeding clock domains vary depending on the application. By an operation of a selector control circuit based on, for example, information about a ratio of preceding and succeeding clock frequencies that is set in a frequency-ratio register, an asynchronous absorption path that is optimal to a frequency-dependent process required for asynchronous absorption, such as pulse expansion or the like, is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Taro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20080091865
    Abstract: A system control device comprises a system LSI section having a plurality of functional blocks, a system control microcomputer section for controlling the control register of each of the functional blocks, an address decoding section for decoding an access address to a predetermined byte in a control register which the system control microcomputer section attempts to access, and issuing an access control signal to the whole of a single control register including the predetermined byte, an access control section for changing the access control signal to the whole of the single control register to an access control signal to the predetermined bytes of the plurality of control registers included in the system LSI section, with respect to access to an address to the predetermined byte, and an access mode control register for indicating whether or not the changing by the access control section is to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventor: Taro MAEDA
  • Patent number: 6836286
    Abstract: According to the method and apparatus, light beams directed toward virtual visual points are detected from among light beams emitted from or reflected on the surface of an object. The detection is effected by an image pickup device in a plurality of positions lying on a virtual closed surface with which the object is enclosed. The detected light beams are converted into image pickup signals, which are delivered to a display device adapted to display an image toward a visual point of an observer standing or sitting in a place different from a place where any of the virtual visual points is disposed. The image is displayed in such a manner as if light beams were emitted toward the visual point of the observer from various points on the surface of a virtual object disposed in a virtual position corresponding to the relative positions of the real object and any of the virtual visual points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignees: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Tachi, Taro Maeda, Yutaka Kunita, Masahiko Inami
  • Patent number: 6341869
    Abstract: A projector is disposed at a position that is optically conjugated to a position of eyes of an observer. The projector projects an image to a screen that has retroreflection function so as to provide information of virtual space to the observer. If a real object such as a tactile sense provision device that is to be shielded by the virtual space exists, a part or the whole of the real object is optically hidden from the projection of the projector by a shielding member having retroreflection function, for example, by placing a shielding screen on which a retroreflection material is coated, or by coating the retroreflection material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Inami, Naoki Kawakami, Yasuyuki Yanagida, Taro Maeda, Susumu Tachi