Patents by Inventor Toru Kirimura

Toru Kirimura 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: 9075296
    Abstract: A projection display device includes an optical modulation element configured to modulate light outputting from a light source, and a projection unit configured to project light modulated by the optical modulation element on a projection screen. The projection display device includes an element control unit that controls the optical modulation element to display a test pattern image, an acquiring unit that acquires an image obtained by capturing the test pattern image from an image capture element that captures the test pattern image projected on the projection screen, and an adjusting unit that adjusts an image projected on the projection screen on the basis of the capture image acquired by the acquiring unit. The element control unit controls the optical modulation element such that a guidance image that guides focus adjustment of the image projected on the projection screen is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hideki Yamamoto, Katsumi Terada, Toru Kirimura, Yoshiyuki Noda, Yasumasa Suita, Tsutomu Kashima, Masahiro Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20130201457
    Abstract: A projection display device includes an optical modulation element configured to modulate light outputting from a light source, and a projection unit configured to project light modulated by the optical modulation element on a projection screen. The projection display device includes an element control unit that controls the optical modulation element to display a test pattern image, an acquiring unit that acquires an image obtained by capturing the test pattern image from an image capture element that captures the test pattern image projected on the projection screen, and an adjusting unit that adjusts an image projected on the projection screen on the basis of the capture image acquired by the acquiring unit. The element control unit controls the optical modulation element such that a guidance image that guides focus adjustment of the image projected on the projection screen is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hideki Yamamoto, Katsumi Terada, Toru Kirimura, Yoshiyuki Noda, Yasumasa Suita, Tsutomu Kashima, Masahiro Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20110188004
    Abstract: A projection-type image display apparatus includes an imaging light generation portion which generates imaging light, a housing which stores the imaging light generation portion, and a passage region provided in the housing, through which the imaging light emitted from the imaging light generation portion passes. The housing has a movable portion of which dimension in at least one direction varies, and the passage region is stored in the housing by means of the movable portion while imaging light is not projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto MAEDA, Hideyuki KANAYAMA, Takehiko ASANO, Toru KIRIMURA, Satohiro OZAWA, Masanori TANINA, Tatsuya HIROOKA, Masashi ODA, Shinya MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 7384157
    Abstract: A projection type video display has a sensor which includes an image pick up device to take a projected image and the projection type video display projects an adjustment image to automatically implement the focus adjustment and the keystone distortion correction on the basis of output of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Muraoka, Naoki Kaise, Yoshichika Hirao, Toru Kirimura, Ryoji Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7325933
    Abstract: A projection type video display apparatus in which a display device transmits light emitted from a light source to project a video written into the display device is characterized by comprising person detection means for detecting a person who exists within a projected video area, and control means for changing the state of the projected video when the person detection means detects the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Naoki Kaise, Koji Muraoka, Toru Kirimura
  • Publication number: 20060028624
    Abstract: A projection type video display apparatus in which a display device transmits light emitted from a light source to project a video written into the display device is characterized by comprising person detection means for detecting a person who exists within a projected video area, and control means for changing the state of the projected video when the person detection means detects the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Kaise, Koji Muraoka, Toru Kirimura
  • Publication number: 20050157270
    Abstract: A projection type video display has a sensor which includes an image pick up device to take a projected image and the projection type video display projects an adjustment image to automatically implement the focus adjustment and the keystone distortion correction on the basis of output of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Muraoka, Naoki Kaise, Yoshichika Hirao, Toru Kirimura, Ryoji Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 5933675
    Abstract: A central control system that monitors and remotely controls one or more terminal devices which may be part of an apparatus such as an imaging machine. Each terminal device communicates with the central control system at a predetermined time and relays the operational conditions of the apparatus to which it is associated. Relayed conditions may include information such as the number of imaging operations performed in a period of time. The central control system controls each of the terminal devices in accordance with the information transmitted from each of the terminal devices. The central control system supervises incoming transmissions from the terminal devices and detects when a terminal device has not communicated at its predetermined time. When this condition arises, the identity of the non-reporting terminal, as well as the predetermined time it was to have contacted the central control system, are displayed at the central control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Col., Ltd., Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Sawada, Toru Kirimura, Seiji Watanabe, Kazunobu Maekawa, Sumiaki Hirata
  • Patent number: 5631724
    Abstract: A centralized control system capable of remote controlling terminal devices such as a copying machine or automatic vending machine by using communication lines. The system displays information identifying the terminal devices which have not transmitted the information to a central unit after predetermined time. Further, the system is provided with a back-up power source for backing up a memory storing the information to be transmitted and an IC for clocking the present time. The information stored in the memory is to be transmitted when the power is supplied again in the case where the transmission has not been carried out at the predetermined time because the power source for the terminal device was shut off. Moreover, the system judges, in the case where an image forming apparatus is adapted as a terminal device, whether the image forming apparatus has recovered from trouble condition to normal condition by judging whether a copy paper is actually discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd, Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Sawada, Toru Kirimura, Seiji Watanabe, Kazunobu Maekawa, Sumiaki Hirata
  • Patent number: 5300980
    Abstract: A control apparatus according to the present invention is a control apparatus collecting data related to copying machines and communicating with a centralized control unit on the basis of the data collected, including a communication device for calling the centralized control unit, a determination device for determining that connection with the centralized control device can not be made in spite of the fact that the communication device is activated, a setting device for setting a retransmission time on the basis of a random number in a predetermined time period in response to a determination output of the determination device, a timer device for counting the present time, and a control device for having the communication device call the centralized control unit again when the present time becomes the retransmission time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignees: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Maekawa, Sumiaki Hirata, Kenzo Nagata, Yoji Sawada, Toru Kirimura, Seiji Watanabe