Patents by Inventor Tomonari Takahashi

Tomonari Takahashi 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: 20180304937
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body floor structure capable of effectively preventing deformation of a floor panel by increasing bending strength of the floor panel even when an upper reinforcing member of the floor panel is removed. A vehicle body floor structure of the present invention includes a dash cross member disposed along a kick-up portion on a lower surface side of a floor panel, a novel front side frame having an outer frame and an inner frame at a rear portion of a side frame body, and a floor panel on which beads are formed to form a closed cross-section in cooperation with the outer frame and the inner frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ryo KITA, Takuya MORISAWA, Takeshi YOSHIMOTO, Hirotaka YAMAGUCHI, Tomonari TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10095255
    Abstract: An information processing method including: acquiring power information that indicates a power amount supplied by each of a plurality of circuits; outputting a command that causes a change in power consumption for one of the electrical devices; and determining the connection relationship between the one electrical device and the circuit to which the one electrical device is connected, based on the power information acquired, in which, in the determining, when it is determined that the state of the power amounts supplied by the plurality of circuits is a steady state from the power information acquired in the acquiring, the connection relationship is determined by specifying that the circuit corresponding to the power information that includes the change in power consumption corresponding to the command output with respect to the one electrical device in the outputting of the command is the circuit to which the one electrical device is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Tomonari Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180108184
    Abstract: An editing apparatus of three-dimensional shape data, includes: a range setting unit that sets at least one of a protection target range and an editable range of a three-dimensional shape represented by three-dimensional shape data including three-dimensional position information, as an edit control range; and a control condition setting unit that sets a control condition for controlling edit in the editable range so as not to edit the protection target range when the editable range is edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomonari TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180067477
    Abstract: A three-dimensional model production data generation apparatus includes: an area setting unit that sets an intersection area as a colored area, the intersection area being obtained when, for each of plural meshes constituting a three-dimensional model, a polygonal prism formed by translating the mesh inwardly of the three-dimensional model is sliced by a slice plane in a predetermined direction; and a color setting unit that sets the color of the colored area set by the area setting unit to the color of the mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki HIJI, Tomonari TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9798456
    Abstract: An information input device including: an indicator detection unit; a pointer position setting unit which sets a position of a pointer to be displayed on a display screen; a storage unit which obtains and stores time-sequenced positional information which indicates the set position; a first passage detection unit which detects that the pointer has passed through a first specific region which is a predetermined region on the display screen, using the time-sequenced positional information; and a direction obtainment unit which obtains a direction in which the pointer has passed through the first specific region if it is detected that the pointer has passed through the first specific region; and a first image modifying unit which modifies a displayed image, depending on the obtained direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Imoto, Tomonari Takahashi, Masaki Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Kojima
  • Publication number: 20170266889
    Abstract: A three dimension forming apparatus includes a model material ejection unit that ejects a model material, a support material ejection unit that ejects a support material, and a controller that controls the model material ejection unit and the support material ejection unit such that the model material and the support material are arranged as a support structure in an arrangement pattern containing the model material and the support material, the support structure supporting or protecting a three-dimensional structure to be formed by the model material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari TAKAHASHI, Takashi MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9335878
    Abstract: An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoichi Ikeda, Masaki Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Kojima, Tomonari Takahashi, Kumi Harada
  • Publication number: 20160116931
    Abstract: An information processing method including: acquiring power information that indicates a power amount supplied by each of a plurality of circuits; outputting a command that causes a change in power consumption for one of the electrical devices; and determining the connection relationship between the one electrical device and the circuit to which the one electrical device is connected, based on the power information acquired, in which, in the determining, when it is determined that the state of the power amounts supplied by the plurality of circuits is a steady state from the power information acquired in the acquiring, the connection relationship is determined by specifying that the circuit corresponding to the power information that includes the change in power consumption corresponding to the command output with respect to the one electrical device in the outputting of the command is the circuit to which the one electrical device is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: TOMONARI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150331844
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit, a combining unit, and a definition unit. The detection unit detects a character acceptance frame from a spreadsheet having the character acceptance frame. The combining unit combines cells in the spreadsheet into a combined cell, the cells corresponding to the character acceptance frame detected by the detection unit. The definition unit defines the combined cell generated by the combining unit as one cell that accepts a character string to be written in the character acceptance frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Tomonari TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9041649
    Abstract: To switch a coordinate mode by automatically recognizing a coordinate mode more usable for a user performing a natural operation, a coordinate determination apparatus (200) according to the present invention includes: an obtain and store unit (204) which obtains coordinate information from a coordinate input device (201) and stores the coordinate information onto a recording medium; a time correlation specifying unit (320) which specifies a correlation between times of input indicated by first and second coordinate information; a coordinate correlation specifying unit (324) which specifies input coordinates indicated by the second and third coordinate information; a coordinate mode selection unit (326) which selects the coordinate mode based on a coordinate correlation value and a time correlation value; and a coordinate transform unit (328) which transforms the input coordinates indicated by the second coordinate information into coordinates selected according to the coordinate mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corportion of America
    Inventors: Masaki Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Kojima, Tomonari Takahashi, Kumi Harada, Yoichi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150077395
    Abstract: An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yoichi IKEDA, Masaki YAMAUCHI, Yoshihiro KOJIMA, Tomonari TAKAHASHI, Kumi HARADA
  • Patent number: 8970528
    Abstract: In order to provide an information input device that solves the misclick caused by a clickable touch sensor without using information corresponding to pressure of the user's finger, the information input device includes: a touch information detecting unit that detects a touch information item obtained when a finger of the user is in contact with the touch sensor; a touch information sequence storage unit configured to store the touch information item for a predetermined period; and a pressing start position estimating unit configured to estimate a pressing start position at which the user started to press the touch sensor with the finger, based on touch information items stored in the touch information sequence storage unit, when the switch was pressed down, the touch information items including the touch information item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kojima, Tomonari Takahashi, Yoichi Ikeda, Kumi Harada, Masaki Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8933910
    Abstract: An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yoichi Ikeda, Masaki Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Kojima, Tomonari Takahashi, Kumi Harada
  • Patent number: 8854323
    Abstract: An operating apparatus (200) which includes: an operation information obtaining unit (204) which obtains, from an input apparatus (203), operation information indicating operations inputted by a user to first and second input units (201 and 202); an operation amount calculation unit (205) which calculates amounts of the operations by the user to the first and second input units (201 and 202), using the operation information obtained by the operation information obtaining unit (204); and an operation region change unit (215) which changes sizes of first and second operation regions (301 and 302) so that areas of the first and second operation regions (301 and 302) corresponding to the first and second input units (201 and 202) increase as the amounts of the operations to the first and second input units (201 and 202) calculated by the operation amount calculation unit are greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kumi Harada, Yoshihiro Kojima, Masaki Yamauchi, Tomonari Takahashi, Yoichi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20140298261
    Abstract: An information input device including: an indicator detection unit (42); a pointer position setting unit (44) which sets a position of a pointer to be displayed on a display screen (52); a storage unit (46) which obtains and stores time-sequenced positional information which indicates the set position; a first passage detection unit (48) which detects that the pointer has passed through a first specific region which is a predetermined region on the display screen, using the time-sequenced positional information; and a direction obtainment unit (50) which obtains a direction in which the pointer has passed through the first specific region if it is detected that the pointer has passed through the first specific region; and a first image modifying unit (62) which modifies a displayed image, depending on the obtained direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Imoto, Tomonari Takahashi, Masaki Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Kojima
  • Publication number: 20130300704
    Abstract: The information input device is an information input device which identifies, as a touch gesture, a touch input from a user and includes: a touch sensor; and an input processing unit which identifies the touch input as the touch gesture using contact positions for identification among contact positions through which the touch input has been given to the touch sensor and which have been detected sequentially at different times within a predetermined period. The contact positions for identification excludes a contact position that is detected after a total number of contact positions detected after a start of the touch input reaches a predetermined number and that falls within a predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tomonari Takahashi, Yoichi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8451216
    Abstract: A user interface device (1) includes: a detection unit (3) which detects a position of a user; a display unit (2) which displays a work space; and a control unit (4) which controls display of an independent object which belongs to no user. The control unit (4) moves the independent object in a mode which varies between when the independent object is in a face-to-face space of the display unit (2) which is face to face with the position of the user and when the independent object is outside the face-to-face space. The control unit (4) also stops the moving independent object in a workspace assigned to the user when the user obtains the independent object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Sakata, Shigenori Maeda, Tomonari Takahashi, Hiroyasu Imoto
  • Publication number: 20130063386
    Abstract: In order to provide an information input device that solves the misclick caused by a clickable touch sensor without using information corresponding to pressure of the user's finger, the information input device includes: a touch information detecting unit that detects a touch information item obtained when a finger of the user is in contact with the touch sensor; a touch information sequence storage unit configured to store the touch information item for a predetermined period; and a pressing start position estimating unit configured to estimate a pressing start position at which the user started to press the touch sensor with the finger, based on touch information items stored in the touch information sequence storage unit, when the switch was pressed down, the touch information items including the touch information item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kojima, Tomonari Takahashi, Yoichi Ikeda, Kumi Harada, Masaki Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20120293456
    Abstract: An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yoichi Ikeda, Masaki Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Kojima, Tomonari Takahashi, Kumi Harada
  • Publication number: 20120182272
    Abstract: An electronic writing device includes a light source, an image sensor, a detecting unit, table information, and a controller. The light source emits light to a recording medium. The image sensor receives the light reflected from the recording medium as image data. The detecting unit detects a light quantity of the image data received by the image sensor. In the table information, a light-quantity range and a control object for the image sensor or the light source are associated with each other. The light-quantity range is segmented into multiple threshold values. The controller controls the operation of the image sensor or the light source, every time the image sensor receives new image data, on the basis of the light quantity of the image data detected by the detecting unit and the table information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige OOI, Eisuke Osakabe, Hiroyuki Funo, Tomonari Takahashi