Patents by Inventor Tohru Nakanishi

Tohru Nakanishi 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: 10921966
    Abstract: A digitizing device that digitizes by imaging a solid object generates three-dimensional data of the solid object by overlying second imaged data onto first imaged data on a basis of at least one node disposed inside a partial region in the first imaged data and at least one node included in the second imaged data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10890543
    Abstract: A book digitization apparatus includes an emitter that applies an energy ray to a book, a detector that detects an energy ray radiated from the book in response to a material existing in the book, and a three-dimensional data generator that generates data of a plurality of space points in accordance with the detected ray. The data of the space points associates position information of a position in a three-dimensional space within the book with a physical property value used to identify a layout pattern of the material at the position in a direction of thickness of the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Nakanishi, Zenken Kin
  • Patent number: 10885402
    Abstract: A book electronization apparatus includes: a table capable of storing a type of ink and an absorption wavelength of an energy ray (X-ray) of the ink in association with each other; an acquisition unit that acquires, from the table, an absorption wavelength of an X-ray, which corresponds to an ink type that is input; and an image capturing unit that acquires three-dimensional data of a book by capturing an image of the book with the X-ray having the acquired absorption wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10742830
    Abstract: A book digitization apparatus includes: a table capable of storing a type of paper and a physical property of an energy ray, which the paper is able to absorb, in association with each other; an acquisition unit that acquires, from the table, a physical property of an energy ray, which corresponds to a type of paper that is input; and an image capturing unit that acquires three-dimensional data of a book by capturing an image of the book with an energy ray having the acquired physical property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Nakanishi, Zenken Kin
  • Patent number: 10702702
    Abstract: A light irradiation substrate is provided which can cope with cases of emergency and which is capable of optimum irradiation with therapeutic light regardless of the shape or size of affected parts while keeping a lid on cost. The center-to-center distance between two adjacent LED chips (13) facing each other across the boundary between two unit substrates (7) adjacent to each other in an X direction or (a Y direction) and belonging to the respective unit substrates (7) is twice or less as long as the center-to-center distance between two LED chips (13) adjacent to each other in the X direction (or the Y direction) within each of the unit substrates (7). Each of the unit substrates (7) includes a connection section (10) that provides external connection of wires (12). The connection section (10) is provided on a back surface of a flexible substrate (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Jun Mori, Tohru Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10653890
    Abstract: Provided is a simple light irradiation apparatus capable of performing uniform irradiation even on to a treatment area having a curved surface and capable of suppressing excessive heating caused by light irradiation. The light irradiation apparatus (10) includes a polymer gel layer (3) that covers the treatment area (2) on skin (1), an LED protective layer (6) that closely adheres to the polymer gel layer (3), and a substrate (5) on which LEDs (4) closely adhered to the LED protective layer (6) are arranged thereon. A current control apparatus (8) which lights the LEDs (4) controls irradiation intensity and stops irradiation when reaching a demanded dose amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Jun Mori, Tohru Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20200053242
    Abstract: A book electronization apparatus includes: a three-dimensional data generation unit that generates three-dimensional data; a two-dimensional page data generation unit that generates two-dimensional page data which has first points as points corresponding to ink and second points as values corresponding to a background; and a character recognition unit that recognizes a character by using the two-dimensional page data. The character recognition unit recognizes the character on the basis of a shape of a part of the character, which is generated by connecting the first points with one of the first points as an initial point in a partial region of a character region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: TOHRU NAKANISHI, ZENKEN KIN
  • Publication number: 20190394346
    Abstract: A book digitization apparatus includes: a table capable of storing a type of paper and a physical property of an energy ray, which the paper is able to absorb, in association with each other; an acquisition unit that acquires, from the table, a physical property of an energy ray, which corresponds to a type of paper that is input; and an image capturing unit that acquires three-dimensional data of a book by capturing an image of the book with an energy ray having the acquired physical property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: TOHRU NAKANISHI, ZENKEN KIN
  • Publication number: 20190391089
    Abstract: A book digitization apparatus includes an emitter that applies an energy ray to a book, a detector that detects an energy ray radiated from the book in response to a material existing in the book, and a three-dimensional data generator that generates data of a plurality of space points in accordance with the detected ray. The data of the space points associates position information of a position in a three-dimensional space within the book with a physical property value used to identify a layout pattern of the material at the position in a direction of thickness of the book.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: TOHRU NAKANISHI, ZENKEN KIN
  • Publication number: 20190377941
    Abstract: A book digitization apparatus includes: a three-dimensional data generation unit that generates three-dimensional data of a book; a two-dimensional page data generation unit that generates two-dimensional page data from the three-dimensional data; and a character recognition unit that extracts a plurality of unique points of a character from a plurality of points which are included in the two-dimensional page data and each of which has a value corresponding to ink, thereby recognizing the character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: TOHRU NAKANISHI, ZENKEN KIN
  • Patent number: 10496904
    Abstract: Information of a character string or the like described on a page of a book is obtained from three-dimensional data of the book. A book electronization device (1) includes a surface specification unit (12) that specifies a page region corresponding to a page of a book in three-dimensional data of the book, which has data values corresponding to a sheet of the book and a gap between sheets, and a data generation unit (13) that maps a character string or graphic in the page region to a two-dimensional plane and generates two-dimensional page data including a character string or graphic written or drawn in the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tohru Nakanishi, Koji Koyamada, Naohisa Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10463875
    Abstract: A light irradiation substrate includes plural unit substrates that have a flexible substrate. A portion of the unit substrates have a pair of external connection portions. A first surface of the flexible substrate is provided with an LED chip and a wire for each of the unit substrates, and a second surface is provided with a back surface wire across the unit substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Hidenori Kawanishi, Jun Mori, Tohru Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20190258906
    Abstract: A book electronization apparatus includes: a table capable of storing a type of ink and an absorption wavelength of an energy ray (X-ray) of the ink in association with each other; an acquisition unit that acquires, from the table, an absorption wavelength of an X-ray, which corresponds to an ink type that is input; and an image capturing unit that acquires three-dimensional data of a book by capturing an image of the book with the X-ray having the acquired absorption wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Tohru Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10384075
    Abstract: A light irradiation substrate (1) includes a flexible substrate (5), first electrical conducting material patterns (15) composed of wirings (2) and a dummy pattern (6) which are provided on a front surface of the flexible substrate (5), and LED chips (4) each of which is mounted on each of the wirings (2), front surfaces of the first electrical conducting material patterns (15) are formed of a reflecting material having total light flux reflectance of 80% or more, and area coverage of the first electrical conducting material patterns (15) at least in a region surrounded by the LED chips (4) is 85% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Jun Mori, Tohru Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20190250796
    Abstract: A digitizing device that digitizes by imaging a solid object generates three-dimensional data of the solid object by overlying second imaged data onto first imaged data on a basis of at least one node disposed inside a partial region in the first imaged data and at least one node included in the second imaged data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Tohru NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20190251404
    Abstract: A character recognition device includes an acquisition unit that acquires two-dimensional page data including a plurality of points which have values corresponding to ink or background and are arranged in a plane; a first recognition unit that recognizes a first character by scanning a first point group among the plurality of points; a candidate character estimation unit that estimates a next candidate character following the first character with reference to the first character recognized by the first recognition unit; and a second recognition unit that recognizes a second character based on the candidate character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: TOHRU NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20180322372
    Abstract: Information of a character string or the like described on a page of a book is obtained from three-dimensional data of the book. A book electronization device (1) includes a surface specification unit (12) that specifies a page region corresponding to a page of a book in three-dimensional data of the book, which has data values corresponding to a sheet of the book and a gap between sheets, and a data generation unit (13) that maps a character string or graphic in the page region to a two-dimensional plane and generates two-dimensional page data including a character string or graphic written or drawn in the book.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: TOHRU NAKANISHI, KOJI KOYAMADA, NAOHISA SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180178034
    Abstract: A light irradiation substrate (1) includes a flexible substrate (5), first electrical conducting material patterns (15) composed of wirings (2) and a dummy pattern (6) which are provided on a front surface of the flexible substrate (5), and LED chips (4) each of which is mounted on each of the wirings (2), front surfaces of the first electrical conducting material patterns (15) are formed of a reflecting material having total light flux reflectance of 80% or more, and area coverage of the first electrical conducting material patterns (15) at least in a region surrounded by the LED chips (4) is 85% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: KATSUJI IGUCHI, JUN MORI, TOHRU NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20180043177
    Abstract: A light irradiation substrate is provided which can cope with cases of emergency and which is capable of optimum irradiation with therapeutic light regardless of the shape or size of affected parts while keeping a lid on cost. The center-to-center distance between two adjacent LED chips (13) facing each other across the boundary between two unit substrates (7) adjacent to each other in an X direction or (a Y direction) and belonging to the respective unit substrates (7) is twice or less as long as the center-to-center distance between two LED chips (13) adjacent to each other in the X direction (or the Y direction) within each of the unit substrates (7). Each of the unit substrates (7) includes a connection section (10) that provides external connection of wires (12). The connection section (10) is provided on a back surface of a flexible substrate (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: KATSUJI IGUCHI, JUN MORI, TOHRU NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20180043178
    Abstract: A light irradiation substrate (1) includes plural unit substrates (10) that have a flexible substrate (11). A portion of the unit substrates (10) have a pair of external connection portions (21). A first surface of the flexible substrate (11) is provided with an LED chip (13) and a wire (12) for each of the unit substrates (10), and a second surface is provided with a back surface wire (19) across the unit substrates (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: KATSUJI IGUCHI, HIDENORI KAWANISHI, JUN MORI, TOHRU NAKANISHI