Patents by Inventor Tatsuro Ogawa

Tatsuro Ogawa 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: 20220204103
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a saddle-type seat on which an occupant sits to straddle and a seat height adjustment unit which is attached below the seat and is able to adjust a height position of the seat. The seat height adjustment unit includes a rotation link which rotates together with the seat with respect to a chassis to adjust a height position of the seat, an upper link support member that is provided between the seat and the rotation link and is used so that an upper end portion of the rotation link is attached thereto, a lower link support member that is provided between the rotation link and the chassis and is used so that a lower end portion of the rotation link is attached thereto, and a flexible cover member that covers the rotation link from the outside in a front to back direction of the seat and a width direction of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Tatsuro OGAWA
  • Patent number: 10661848
    Abstract: A position adjusting device, which adjusts the position of a seat in a height direction, includes a seat support plate that supports the seat and a rotary link that rotates integrally with the seat support plate when the position of the seat is adjusted. The seat support plate includes a front portion that is positioned directly under an occupant's buttocks when the occupant is seated in the seat, and a rear portion that is positioned on the rear side of the front portion. The rotary link includes a front link and a rear link that are provided at positions different from each other in a front to back direction. The front link and the rear link are mounted on the front portion, and the width of the front portion is smaller than the width of the rear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Uchiumi, Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10577735
    Abstract: It is intended to improve texture of a decoration using a stitch line while improving workability in sewing for forming the stitch line at a skin material, to promote manufacturing efficiency as compared to formation of a stepped shape only by sewing, and to reduce the number of steps. A skin material is used for a conveyance seat, and is molded using a die. The skin material includes a linearly-extending stepped portion having a stepped shape transferred from the die, and a stitch line sewn along the stepped portion. The stepped portion serves as a guide upon formation of the stitch line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Honma, Tatsuro Ogawa, Takashi Kojima
  • Patent number: 10272963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveyance seat that can discharge liquid splashed on a cover member of the seat so that clothing does not get wet with the liquid remaining on the cover member. A conveyance seat includes a bottom plate and a cover member attached to the bottom plate. A discharge hole for discharging the liquid splashed on the cover member is formed in the bottom plate. The cover member includes: a slit by which the surface is divided; and welded portions where portions of the cover member divided by the slit are welded together. The welded portions are inclined toward the discharge hole to form discharge lines which guide discharge of the liquid splashed on the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ogawa, Yuichi Honma
  • Patent number: 10093370
    Abstract: A seat device that is capable of improving body pressure distribution during traveling is provided. In a seat device including a seating seat, in both of end portions in the seat width direction of the seating seat, at positions interposed between the bottom plate and a cushion member of the seating seat, turning plates are provided. The parts of the cushion member, where the turning plates are provided between the same and the bottom plate, constitute turning parts that turn around edges thereof on the width direction inner sides as base points, as the turning plates turn. In the cushion member, slits are formed at boundary positions between the turning parts and a non-turning part, that is, a part other than the turning parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ogawa, Ryuji Isobe, Yuichi Honma
  • Patent number: 10086893
    Abstract: A seat to be provided on a vehicle such as an automotive two-wheeled vehicle includes a seat body on which a rider rides, a backrest arranged at a rear side of the seat body, and an electric upward and downward movement mechanism configured to move the backrest upward or downward based on at least one of an acceleration of the vehicle or operation information for controlling the acceleration. The upward and downward movement mechanism includes a link mechanism, which connects a lower portion of the seat body and the backrest together, and an electric actuator, which is configured to input force to at least one of links included in the link mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ogawa, Yuichi Honma, Haruhiko Kawada, Tomokazu Kuma
  • Publication number: 20180251176
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveyance seat that can discharge liquid splashed on a cover member of the seat so that clothing does not get wet with the liquid remaining on the cover member. A conveyance seat includes a bottom plate and a cover member attached to the bottom plate. A discharge hole for discharging the liquid splashed on the cover member is formed in the bottom plate. The cover member includes: a slit by which the surface is divided; and welded portions where portions of the cover member divided by the slit are welded together. The welded portions are inclined toward the discharge hole to form discharge lines which guide discharge of the liquid splashed on the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ogawa, Yuichi Honma
  • Publication number: 20180230632
    Abstract: It is intended to improve texture of a decoration using a stitch line while improving workability in sewing for forming the stitch line at a skin material, to promote manufacturing efficiency as compared to formation of a stepped shape only by sewing, and to reduce the number of steps. A skin material is used for a conveyance seat, and is molded using a die. The skin material includes a linearly-extending stepped portion having a stepped shape transferred from the die, and a stitch line sewn along the stepped portion. The stepped portion serves as a guide upon formation of the stitch line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Yuichi Honma, Tatsuro Ogawa, Takashi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20180141604
    Abstract: A position adjusting device, which adjusts the position of a seat in a height direction, includes a seat support plate that supports the seat and a rotary link that rotates integrally with the seat support plate when the position of the seat is adjusted. The seat support plate includes a front portion that is positioned directly under an occupant's buttocks when the occupant is seated in the seat, and a rear portion that is positioned on the rear side of the front portion. The rotary link includes a front link and a rear link that are provided at positions different from each other in a front to back direction. The front link and the rear link are mounted on the front portion, and the width of the front portion is smaller than the width of the rear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Goro Uchiumi, Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20170366779
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a first image pickup unit configured to shoot a first area and output first image data, a second image pickup unit configured to shoot a second area larger than a first area and output second image data, and a control unit configured to control the first and second image pickup units, in which the control unit creates a first folder and a second folder in a recording unit and stores one of the first and second image data in the first folder and the other of the first and second image data in the second folder, the second folder being created under the first folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20170088208
    Abstract: A seat to be provided on a vehicle such as an automotive two-wheeled vehicle includes a seat body on which a rider rides, a backrest arranged at a rear side of the seat body, and an electric upward and downward movement mechanism configured to move the backrest upward or downward based on at least one of an acceleration of the vehicle or operation information for controlling the acceleration. The upward and downward movement mechanism includes a link mechanism, which connects a lower portion of the seat body and the backrest together, and an electric actuator, which is configured to input force to at least one of links included in the link mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ogawa, Yuichi Honma, Haruhiko Kawada, Tomokazu Kuma
  • Publication number: 20160325799
    Abstract: A seat device that is capable of improving body pressure distribution during traveling is provided. In a seat device including a seating seat, in both of end portions in the seat width direction of the seating seat, at positions interposed between the bottom plate and a cushion member of the seating seat, turning plates are provided. The parts of the cushion member, where the turning plates are provided between the same and the bottom plate, constitute turning parts that turn around edges thereof on the width direction inner sides as base points, as the turning plates turn. In the cushion member, slits are formed at boundary positions between the turning parts and a non-turning part, that is, a part other than the turning parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuro OGAWA, Ryuji ISOBE, Yuichi HONMA
  • Patent number: 8139120
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and method in which, when there is a change in a subject, a picture in which a changing part thereof is enlarged makes it possible to easily confirm whether or not the subject is changing and contents of the changing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Opt Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100045826
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and method in which, when there is a change in a subject, a picture in which a changing part thereof is enlarged makes it possible to easily confirm whether or not the subject is changing and contents of the changing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: OPT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100033552
    Abstract: Please replace the current Abstract with the following Abstract: The advantage of the invention is to efficiently reduce the amount of image data shot by using a wide-angle lens such as a fish-eye lens. A method of compressing image data shot by a wide-angle lens according to the invention comprises: displacing the image data in a way so that within a rectangular image containing a circular image shot by the wide-angle lens, numbers of colors associated with a plurality of pixel data outside of a predetermined circular region are reduced; and compressing the image data associated with the rectangular image after the above displacement process is performed on the rectangular image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: OPT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100020202
    Abstract: Provided is a camera apparatus capable of displaying an image where a wide range is imaged, and enlarging an image of a narrow range when required for display, thereby facilitating to distinguish the content of the image. The camera apparatus generates a reduced image where the entire captured image is displayed in a certain area of the display screen of the display means, corrects a distortion caused by a wide-angle lens with respect to one or more portions of the captured image, generates an enlarged image enlarged in comparison with the reduced image, and displays both of the reduced and enlarged images on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: OPT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100007766
    Abstract: Provided is a camera apparatus capable of picking up an image by which an entirety of a subject can be checked even if there is a significant difference in brightness between parts of the subject. A plurality of picked-up images by picking up images of one subject with different exposure times or with different diaphragms are obtained. Then, a part of a picked-up image whose light-receiving level is without a predetermined light-receiving level is replaced by a part of another picked-up image which is photographed as a part whose light-receiving level is within the predetermined light-receiving level. The picked-up image composited by the replacement is displayed as a monitor picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: OPT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20090303351
    Abstract: At least an embodiment enables displaying of a video image of a desired subject or a direction without a need for a camera operator to pay a special attention to the desired subject or the direction. The video displaying method may include cutting out a portion of a still image imaged by the wide-angle lens and producing a display data for a first display image, specifying a changed amount of an imaging angle from the imaging timing for the previously cut-out still image to the imaging timing for the still image to be cut-out, cutting out a second or later still image imaged by the wide-angle lens as well as shifting the cut-out region for the second or later still image so as to cancel the specified change amount of the imaging angle, forming a display data for the second or later display images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: OPT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20090268046
    Abstract: The advantage of the invention is to efficiently reduce the amount of image data shot by using a wide-angle lens such as a fish-eye lens. A method of compressing image data shot with a wide-angle lens 9 according to the invention comprises: assigning a plurality of pixel data within a predetermined circular range based on a rectangular shot image including a circular image shot by a wide-angle lens, producing a rectangular reduced image of which numbers of pixels are smaller than the rectangular shot image (step ST4), and compressing the rectangular reduced image (step ST5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: OPT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20090185028
    Abstract: Provided is a camera apparatus capable of recording an image where a wide range is photographed, and making it easier to distinguish a content of a necessary image by enlarging and displaying an image of a narrow range based on predetermined information. The camera apparatus includes: a camera section including a wide-angle photographic lens and image-pickup means; microphones for collecting a sound emitted from a subject and/or sounds around the subject; processing control means for recording image data subjected to the image processing and the sounds collected by the microphone and the like; display means including a display screen for displaying a picture of the image data subjected to the image processing as well as reproducing the collected sounds; and operation means for operating the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: OPT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa