Patents by Inventor Tetsuhiro KAYA

Tetsuhiro KAYA 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: 10186016
    Abstract: An image processing device for generating a single image based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of imaging devices having different pointing directions from each other includes a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to store information containing at least the pointing directions and fields of view of the plurality of imaging devices. The controller is configured to operate as follows: to acquire or generate, from the plurality of images, first image data and second image data whose imaging ranges do not overlap; to apply image processing to the first image data and the second image data in such a manner that the first image data and the second image data have angular ranges larger than the fields of view in at least one direction; and to generate a single piece of multi-directional image data containing the image-processed first image data and second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keijiroh Nagano, Masaharu Matsumoto, Yoshifumi Asao, Tetsuhiro Kaya, Masahiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9941637
    Abstract: A connection device in the present disclosure, which is a connection device capable of detachably connecting a cable, includes a first terminal to be connected to a second terminal of the cable, a holding mechanism for maintaining a connection state between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a controller that acquires environment information around the connection device and changes holding force of the holding mechanism based on the environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Nakao, Tetsuhiro Kaya
  • Publication number: 20180047135
    Abstract: An image processing device for generating a single image based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of imaging devices having different pointing directions from each other includes a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to store information containing at least the pointing directions and fields of view of the plurality of imaging devices. The controller is configured to operate as follows: to acquire or generate, from the plurality of images, first image data and second image data whose imaging ranges do not overlap; to apply image processing to the first image data and the second image data in such a manner that the first image data and the second image data have angular ranges larger than the fields of view in at least one direction; and to generate a single piece of multi-directional image data containing the image-processed first image data and second image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: KEIJIROH NAGANO, MASAHARU MATSUMOTO, YOSHIFUMI ASAO, TETSUHIRO KAYA, MASAHIKO YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180006402
    Abstract: A connection device in the present disclosure, which is a connection device capable of detachably connecting a cable, includes a first terminal to be connected to a second terminal of the cable, a holding mechanism for maintaining a connection state between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a controller that acquires environment information around the connection device and changes holding force of the holding mechanism based on the environment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: SHUHEI NAKAO, TETSUHIRO KAYA
  • Patent number: 9279766
    Abstract: An information terminal device (100) comprises a light source (171) that directs light at a display face on which a display component (110) is disposed, an object detecting sensor (170) that receives light from the display face, and a controller (300) that determines whether or not a sheet (180) has been affixed to the display face on the basis of the output from the object detecting sensor (170).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Matsuoka, Takashi Watanabe, Tetsuhiro Kaya
  • Patent number: 9128590
    Abstract: A contents display device includes a display section, a touch detection section, and a control section. The control section includes: a bookmarking determination section for determining, if multiple contacts have been simultaneously detected by the touch detection section, at least one contact among the multiple contacts to be a bookmark; a bookmark-position configuration section for configuring a bookmark position, based on a contact determined by the bookmarking determination section to be a bookmark; and a return-to-bookmark-position determination section for determining, after a bookmark position has been configured by the bookmark-position configuration section, to return the content displayed on the display section to the bookmark position, based on a contact detected by the touch detection section. When the return-to-bookmark-position determination section determines to return to the bookmark position, the content displayed on the display section is returned to the bookmark position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Tetsuhiro Kaya
  • Publication number: 20140146640
    Abstract: An information terminal device (100) comprises a light source (171) that directs light at a display face on which a display component (110) is disposed, an object detecting sensor (170) that receives light from the display face, and a controller (300) that determines whether or not a sheet (180) has been affixed to the display face on the basis of the output from the object detecting sensor (170).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Matsuoka, Takashi Watanabe, Tetsuhiro Kaya
  • Publication number: 20110316801
    Abstract: A contents display device includes a display section, a touch detection section, and a control section. The control section includes: a bookmarking determination section for determining, if multiple contacts have been simultaneously detected by the touch detection section, at least one contact among the multiple contacts to be a bookmark; a bookmark-position configuration section for configuring a bookmark position, based on a contact determined by the bookmarking determination section to be a bookmark; and a return-to-bookmark-position determination section for determining, after a bookmark position has been configured by the bookmark-position configuration section, to return the content displayed on the display section to the bookmark position, based on a contact detected by the touch detection section. When the return-to-bookmark-position determination section determines to return to the bookmark position, the content displayed on the display section is returned to the bookmark position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Tetsuhiro Kaya
  • Publication number: 20110090172
    Abstract: According to the capacitive touch sensor of the present invention, the first transparent conductor patterns are positioned upper than the second transparent conductor patterns. Each of the first and the second conductor patterns has a plurality of broadened parts. Each of the broadened parts of the second transparent conductor patterns is larger in area than each of the broadened parts of the first transparent conductor patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro KAYA, Takashi Watanabe