Patents by Inventor Tomoki Inoue

Tomoki Inoue 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: 20150049858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiographic image detector that may maintain even resolution in 6 directions before and after 3-pixel binning process or 4-pixel binning process. A radiation detector is disposed with plural pixels that have hexagonal shaped pixel regions, arrayed in a honeycomb pattern. Scan lines connected to TFT switches in each of the pixels are disposed one for each of the pixel rows. Grouped scan lines are also disposed one for each of the pixel rows for reading and combining 3 pixels or 4 pixels worth of charges at the same timing for plural pixel groups, each configured from 3 pixels or 4 pixels in a radiation detection element. ON signals are simultaneously sent by the grouped scanned lines to the TFT switches to perform 3-pixel binning or 4-pixel binning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OKADA, Naoto IWAKIRI, Tomoki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20150008347
    Abstract: A scanning optical system that can be made compact and can provide a sufficiently small beam diameter on a surface to be scanned is provided. In a scanning optical system including a galvanometer mirror that reflects and deflects a light beam emitted from a light source and a f? lens that focuses the deflected light beam on a surface to be scanned, the f? lens includes, in order from the galvanometer mirror side, a first lens which is a spherical lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens which is a spherical lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens which is a spherical lens having a positive refractive power. The f? lens satisfies conditional expression (1) below: 1.542?f/f1?7.828??(1), where f is a focal length of the entire f? lens system, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromi ISHIKAWA, Yasunori OHTA, Tomoki INOUE
  • Patent number: 8879686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiographic image detector that may maintain even resolution in 6 directions before and after 3-pixel binning process or 4-pixel binning process. A radiation detector is disposed with plural pixels that have hexagonal shaped pixel regions, arrayed in a honeycomb pattern. Scan lines connected to TFT switches in each of the pixels are disposed one for each of the pixel rows. Grouped scan lines are also disposed one for each of the pixel rows for reading and combining 3 pixels or 4 pixels worth of charges at the same timing for plural pixel groups, each configured from 3 pixels or 4 pixels in a radiation detection element. ON signals are simultaneously sent by the grouped scanned lines to the TFT switches to perform 3-pixel binning or 4-pixel binning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Okada, Naoto Iwakiri, Tomoki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140320709
    Abstract: Provides an imaging device including, imaging element in which plural first lines arrayed with first phase difference detection pixels, and plural second lines arrayed with second phase difference detection pixels, are arrayed alternately; reading out section read out signals of the phase difference detection pixels; first correlation computing section carry out first correlation computation on signals read out from a set of the first and the second phase difference detection pixel; second correlation computing section carry out second correlation computation on signals read out from at least one set among a set of plural first phase difference detection pixels of the first line, and a set of plural second phase difference detection pixels of the second line; correcting section corrects results of the first correlation computation, by results of the second correlation computation; and focusing section control focusing based on the corrected correlation computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Tomoki INOUE
  • Patent number: 8853645
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiographic image detector that may maintain even resolution in 6 directions before and after 3-pixel binning process. Namely, out of plural pixels with hexagonal shaped pixel regions in a radiation detector, for plural pixel groups respectively configured from 3 pixels, 3 pixels worth of charges in the radiation detector are read together, the charge signals of these 3 pixels combined, and integrated in sequence with a charge amplifier. For specific pixel groups, out of 3 pixels configuring the specific pixel groups, the charge signals of 2 pixels worth, and the charge signal of the remaining 1 pixel worth are summed with the same charge amplifier using shifted integration timings. 3-pixel binning is thereby performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Okada, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8848077
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device that has a plurality of pairs of a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element, which have different spectral sensitivity characteristics, respectively. A wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of the pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity fall within wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light respectively. The plurality of pairs include a plurality of types of pairs having different specific colors. A half-width in a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair is wider than a half width in a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the first photoelectric conversion element of the pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Takahashi, Noriko Kawamura, Tomoyuki Kawai, Seiji Tanaka, Tetsuro Ashida, Takehiro Kouguchi, Hisashi Endo, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8842203
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pairs of a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element which have different spectral sensitivity characteristics. A wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity respectively fall within a wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light. The plurality of pairs include a plurality of types of pairs having different specific colors of visible light. The half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the first photoelectric conversion element of the each pair is wider than a half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the second photoelectric conversion element of the each corresponding pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Seiji Tanaka, Tetsuro Ashida, Takehiro Kouguchi, Hisashi Endo, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8841624
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiographic image detector that maintains even resolution in 6 directions before and after 4 pixel binning processing. In the radiographic image detector, first TFT switches of each pixel are switched ON according to control signals from plural first scan lines, and charge signals according to accumulated charges are transmitted through data lines. For each pixel group configured by combinations of plural adjacent pixels, second TFT switches of the pixels configuring each of the pixel groups are switched ON according to control signals from plural second scan lines, and binning processing is performed in which 4 pixels worth of charges are read simultaneously and are combined, and charge signals according to the amount of the combined charges are transmitted through the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Okada, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8830384
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a control unit provided to perform first control or second control on the same type of plural pixel rows as phase difference pixel rows which are arranged in parallel in a column direction at regular intervals, in which pixel rows on which the first control is performed and pixel rows on which the second control is performed are alternately arranged in parallel in the column direction, in the first control, a signal is not read out from each pixel of the pixel rows to be controlled but a signal is read out from each pixel of two pixel rows which are adjacent to the pixel row to be controlled, in the second control, a signal is read out from each pixel of the pixel row to be controlled, and the control unit performs the first control at least on the phase difference pixel rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Endo, Tomoyuki Kawai, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8796643
    Abstract: A radiographic image erasing device includes: a first light source that applies first erase light including a wavelength in the ultraviolet region to a storage phosphor sheet in which a radiographic image has been stored and recorded; a second light source that is placed at a height identical to that of the first light source and applies second erase light including a wavelength of a longer wavelength than that of the first erase light to the storage phosphor sheet to which the first erase light has been applied; drive mechanisms that switch the orientations or positions of the first light source and the second light source; and a controller that controls the drive mechanisms in accordance with a conveyance direction of the storage phosphor sheet such that the first erase light and the second erase light are applied in this order to the storage phosphor sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Mizusawa, Hiromi Ishikawa, Kazuoki Komiyama, Tomoki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140177791
    Abstract: A press plate that includes: a plate shaped press portion that is capable of resilient deformation; a first slit that is provided to a first wall portion of a support body with length direction along a first edge portion of the press portion, and that penetrates the first wall portion; second slits that are provided to a second wall portions of the support body with length direction along second edge portions of the press portion, and that penetrate the second wall portions; and a first corner portion slit that is provided straddling a corner portion between the first wall portion and the second wall portion and penetrating the corner portion, that is connected to the first slit, and that is disposed at a separation to the second slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji OTOKUNI, Kenji TAKATA, Tomoki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20140168483
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an image pick-up device including phase difference detection pixel pairs, each formed from a pair of phase difference detection pixels respectively having their openings eccentrically formed on opposite sides of a main axis of an imaging lens, and imaging pixel pairs; a reading section that reads out signals from the pixels arrayed in the image pick-up device using a rolling shutter method; a first correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the phase difference detection pixel pairs; a second correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the imaging pixel pairs; a correction section that corrects a result from the first correlation computation section using a result from the second correlation computation section; and a focusing section that performs focus control using the corrected result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Tomoki INOUE
  • Patent number: 8704940
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an image pick-up device including phase difference detection pixel pairs, each formed from a pair of phase difference detection pixels respectively having their openings eccentrically formed on opposite sides of a main axis of an imaging lens, and imaging pixel pairs; a reading section that reads out signals from the pixels arrayed in the image pick-up device using a rolling shutter method; a first correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the phase difference detection pixel pairs; a second correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the imaging pixel pairs; a correction section that corrects a result from the first correlation computation section using a result from the second correlation computation section; and a focusing section that performs focus control using the corrected result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Tomoki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140092220
    Abstract: A plurality of pixels 2 are arranged in a square lattice form, the color filters of RGB are arranged in a Bayer arrangement and a pair of a first phase difference detection pixel 3 which acquires a captured image signals for a right eye and a second phase difference detection pixel 4 which acquires a captured image signals for a left eye are provided on discrete and periodic positions in the square lattice form, the first phase difference detection pixel 3 is provided among the respective pixels of the square lattice form at 2n+1-pixel (n=1, 2, . . . ) intervals both in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and the second phase difference detection pixel 4 of the pair is provided on a pixel having the same color filter and spaced apart from the first phase difference detection pixel by two pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko KAWAMURA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hiroyuki OSHIMA, Takeshi OOTA, Hiroshi ENDO, Tomoki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20140049668
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a control unit provided to perform first control or second control on the same type of plural pixel rows as phase difference pixel rows which are arranged in parallel in a column direction at regular intervals, in which pixel rows on which the first control is performed and pixel rows on which the second control is performed are alternately arranged in parallel in the column direction, in the first control, a signal is not read out from each pixel of the pixel rows to be controlled but a signal is read out from each pixel of two pixel rows which are adjacent to the pixel row to be controlled, in the second control, a signal is read out from each pixel of the pixel row to be controlled, and the control unit performs the first control at least on the phase difference pixel rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi ENDO, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Tomoki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20130335606
    Abstract: Provides an imaging device including, imaging element in which plural first lines arrayed with first phase difference detection pixels, and plural second lines arrayed with second phase difference detection pixels, are arrayed alternately; reading out section read out signals of the phase difference detection pixels; first correlation computing section carry out first correlation computation on signals read out from a set of the first and the second phase difference detection pixel; second correlation computing section carry out second correlation computation on signals read out from at least one set among a set of plural first phase difference detection pixels of the first line, and a set of plural second phase difference detection pixels of the second line; correcting section corrects results of the first correlation computation, by results of the second correlation computation; and focusing section control focusing based on the corrected correlation computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Tomoki INOUE
  • Patent number: 8609200
    Abstract: In a hose having a resin layer as an inner layer, a plasma treatment is performed on the inner surface of the inner layer and a connecting portion of an end part of the hose to thereby perform surface modification. Then, a sealing layer made of an elastic material is coated on and bonded to the inner surface of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Inoue, Kazutaka Katayama
  • Publication number: 20130329095
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an image pick-up device including phase difference detection pixel pairs, each formed from a pair of phase difference detection pixels respectively having their openings eccentrically formed on opposite sides of a main axis of an imaging lens, and imaging pixel pairs; a reading section that reads out signals from the pixels arrayed in the image pick-up device using a rolling shutter method; a first correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the phase difference detection pixel pairs; a second correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the imaging pixel pairs; a correction section that corrects a result from the first correlation computation section using a result from the second correlation computation section; and a focusing section that performs focus control using the corrected result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Tomoki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20130272493
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging device includes a compression plate, irradiation detection sections, and a correction section. The compression plate that compresses an imaging site of a subject between the compression plate and an imaging face of an imaging table, and that inclines with respect to the imaging face in accordance with the imaging site during the compression. The irradiation detection sections, each of which is provided at a different position on the imaging face and detects an irradiation amount of irradiated radiation. The correction section that corrects detection results from the plural irradiation detection sections using correction coefficients that are based on the thickness of the imaging site compressed by the compression plate and on the positions of the plural irradiation detection sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji OTOKUNI, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: D723167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Otokuni, Kenji Takada, Tomoki Inoue