Patents by Inventor Toru Wada

Toru Wada 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: 20080024181
    Abstract: One or more combinational circuits are connected to one or more flip-flop circuits. One or more clock buffers supply a clock to the flip-flop circuit. A control circuit controls a delay time of the flip-flop circuit and the combinational circuit independently each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Toru Wada
  • Publication number: 20080024868
    Abstract: There is provided a small sized imaging apparatus which can measure with high accuracy a color distribution of a surface of an object, in which a light intensity distribution on a predetermined surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis is uniform, and a change in an amount of light in a direction along the optical axis is reduced, and an illuminating unit which used in this imaging apparatus. (The imaging apparatus) Includes a light source section (210) which supplies illuminating light, a diffusing section (211) which diffuses by reflecting the illuminating light from the light source section (210), and aperture sections (212a and 212b) which allow to emerge diffused illuminating light, and the aperture sections (212a and 212b) has an aperture diameter D which allows the diffused illuminating light to emerge as a substantially parallel light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Okamura, Toru Wada
  • Publication number: 20070286281
    Abstract: In a picture information encoding apparatus that outputs picture compression information according to a picture encoding system such as MPEG4/AVC, when it is determined whether the mode of a predetermined block is a skip mode or a spatial direct mode, moving vector information and so forth for all of predetermined adjacent blocks needs to have been computed. However, when each block is processed in parallel to speed up the entire processes, moving vector information and so forth of the predetermined adjacent blocks may not be always obtained. In this case, moving vector information and so forth of neighbor blocks instead of adjacent blocks are pseudo-used to determine the mode of the block without need to wait until moving vector information and so forth of adjacent blocks have been computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiharu Tsuchiya, Kazushi Sato, Toru Wada, Yoichi Yagasaki, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 7300960
    Abstract: A specific relationship must be met in case of: (a) a structural unit derived from propylene is present in 100 to 85 mole %, and a structural unit derived from ethylene and/or alpha-olefin with 4 to 20 carbons is present in 0 to 15 mole %; (b) a content of a position irregularity unit based on 2, 1-insertion of a propylene monomer unit in all propylene insertions, which is measured by 13C-NMR, is 0.5% to 2.0% and a content of a position irregularity unit based on 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer unit in all propylene insertions, which is measured by 13C-NMR, is 0.005% to 0.4%; and (c) a water vapor transmission rate is Y [g/m2/24 hr] as film and a melting point Tm[° C.] shows specific relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: JSP Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Wada
  • Publication number: 20070208140
    Abstract: A specific relationship must be met in case of: (a) a structural unit derived from propylene is present in 100 to 85 mole %, and a structural unit derived from ethylene and/or alpha-olefin with 4 to 20 carbons is present in 0 to 15 mole %; (b) a content of a position irregularity unit based on 2,1-insertion of a propylene monomer unit in all propylene insertions, which is measured by 13C-NMR, is 0.5% to 2.0% and a content of a position irregularity unit based on 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer unit in all propylene insertions, which is measured by 13C-NMR, is 0.005% to 0.4%; and (c) a water vapor transmission rate is Y [9/M2/24 hr] as film and a melting point Tm[° C.] shows specific relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventor: Toru WADA
  • Publication number: 20070177029
    Abstract: An object is to carry out color correction in a highly accurate manner on images acquired by various digital cameras and scanners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Wada, Masaya Katsumata, Yasuhiro Komiya, Osamu Konno
  • Publication number: 20070117039
    Abstract: The present invention is to obtain without any trouble a photosensitive resin composition, a photosensitive layer and a photosensitive resin printing original plate, which are developable with an aqueous developer, resistant to an aqueous ink and a cosolvent ink, and assured of good image reproducibility. The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) hydrophobic polymers obtained from at least two or more water dispersion latexes, (B) a photopolymerizable compound and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the two or more hydrophobic polymers each is present in a fine particle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Wada, Tomonori Hiramatsu, Akira Tomita
  • Publication number: 20070064119
    Abstract: A photographing system for photographing a subject comprises color information detecting section for detecting color information of the subject, color image capturing section for capturing a color image of the subject, and color correcting section for performing color correction of a color image captured by the color image capturing section from corresponding position information of the color information detecting section and the color image capturing section so as to enable highly accurate color correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Komiya, Toru Wada, Osamu Konno, Nobumasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20070036430
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing apparatus including a region specifying unit for specifying a measurement-object region from an image; a measurement-region defining unit for defining at least one measurement region in the specified measurement-object region; and a characteristic-sample selecting unit for respectively selecting, from a plurality of characteristic samples that are registered in advance, at least one characteristic sample that is close to each measurement region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Yasuhiro Komiya, Toru Wada, Osamu Konno
  • Publication number: 20060279647
    Abstract: A multi-spectral image capturing apparatus having different spectral sensitivity characteristics of at least four bands comprises an imaging optical system, a camera section including single-panel color image capturing section, and a split optical system configured to split a light beam of an image from the imaging optical system into plural light beams, and form images again respectively on split image formation planes. The single-panel color image capturing section of the camera section has an image formation position on the split image formation planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Wada, Yasuhiro Komiya, Takeyuki Ajito
  • Publication number: 20060250668
    Abstract: A color chart processing apparatus includes a spectrum calculating unit for receiving information regarding a spectral reflection factor of each color contained in a predetermined color chart and information regarding determination illumination light, and determining a spectrum of the color contained in the predetermined color chart under the determination illumination light by calculating the received information, and a determination information output unit for receiving a color signal of a subject, determining which color of the predetermined color chart closest matches the color signal of the subject by comparing the spectrum of each color determined by the spectrum calculating unit with the color signal of the subject, and outputting information identifying the resulting determination color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Komiya, Takeyuki Ajito, Toru Wada
  • Publication number: 20060251408
    Abstract: The image processing system is applied to dentistry, for example, and performs photography of the teeth of a patient while causing a plurality of illumination light LEDs of different wavelengths to emit light by means of a photography device when producing a crown repair or denture of the patient, whereby image data are acquired. The image data are transmitted to a dental filing system constituting a processing device where color reproduction data are determined through computation. In addition, color reproduction data are transmitted to the dental technician's office via a public switched network. Therefore, a repair material compound ratio calculation database is searched and the compound data for a material that matches the hue of the patient's teeth are found, whereby a crown repair or denture or the like that very closely matches the color of the patient's teeth is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Konno, Yasuhiro Komiya, Toru Wada, Nobumasa Sato
  • Patent number: 7129456
    Abstract: An image correction data calculation method comprises the steps of acquiring an input-output characteristic at each of a plurality of display elements on a display screen of an image display device, on the basis of image data captured by a CCD camera (steps S101 to S105), setting a target input-output characteristic to be obtained at each of the plurality of display elements (step S106), and calculating image correction data used to correct the input-output characteristic for an input image signal, according to the locations of display elements on the screen, on the basis of the input-output characteristic acquired in the acquisition step and the target input-output characteristic to be obtained (step S107).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Ioka, Toru Wada, Kensuke Ishii
  • Publication number: 20060203100
    Abstract: A multispectral image capturing apparatus has different spectral sensitivity characteristics of at least four bands. Three primary bands of the at least four bands have spectral sensitivity characteristics of standard RGB. At least one auxiliary band of the rest of the at least four bands excluding the three primary bands has a spectral sensitivity characteristic of a narrower bandwidth than bandwidths of the RGB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takeyuki Ajito, Toru Wada, Yasuhiro Komiya
  • Patent number: 7097957
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin laminate comprising at least a support, a photosensitive resin layer and an IR ablation layer, wherein the IR ablation layer comprises an IR absorbent metal layer which is disposed in contact with the photosensitive resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Wada, Keiichi Motoi, Yuji Taguchi, Satoshi Imahashi, Masaou Matsuda, Kazuo Takahashi, Koji Syoki
  • Publication number: 20060188150
    Abstract: An image display device which displays a multiband image acquired by a multiband camera capable of capturing two or more bands comprises a parameter input/output and image outputting screen configured to represent each band itself or an image of the band, a band-RGB conversion table configured to use for converting a band number into a color represented in the a parameter input/output and image outputting screen, and wavelength information converting unit configured to calculate the band itself or the color representing the image of the band from the band number by use of the band-RGB conversion table to output the band or the color to the a parameter input/output and image outputting screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Toru Wada, Takeyuki Ajito, Yasuhiro Komiya
  • Publication number: 20060181681
    Abstract: A multiband camera control apparatus comprises a multiband camera section configured to be capable of capturing a plurality of color bands, a computer configured to control the multiband camera section, a user interface configured to transmit instruction information for the control from the user to the computer, and parameters configured to control the corresponding band in each of the plurality of bands. The user interface includes a switching instruction section configured to switch between the plurality of bands. The computer is configured to control the multiband camera section by using the parameter corresponding to the band selected according to the instruction to switch between the plurality of bands from the switching instruction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Toru Wada, Takeyuki Ajito, Yasuhiro Komiya
  • Publication number: 20060181543
    Abstract: When an image of a certain band in a multiband image obtained by a multiband camera capable of capturing at least two bands is displayed with a computer and at least one pixel is specified on the image, a spectrum computing section estimates a spectrum from the signal value of at least one pixel specified in the multiband image and displays the spectrum on a spectrum output screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Toru Wada, Takeyuki Ajito, Yasuhiro Komiya
  • Publication number: 20060152586
    Abstract: An image processing system is used for dentistry. Upon creating a false tooth of a patient (59), a plurality of illuminating light of LEDs with different wavelengths emit light and a photographing apparatus (1A) photographs a tooth portion of the patient (59), thereby obtaining image data. The image data is sent to a dentistry filing system (2A) serving as a processing apparatus, and color reproducing data is obtained by calculation. The color reproducing data is sent to a dentistry factory (55) via a public line. Data is searched from a database (56) for calculating a ceramic compounding ratio, compound data of the ceramic false tooth is obtained, matching the color of the tooth portion of the patient (59), and the false tooth approximate to the tooth color of the patient (59) is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Komiya, Toru Wada, Osamu Konno, Takeyuki Ajito, Tomoyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7070906
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin laminate comprising at least a support, a photosensitive resin layer and an IR ablation layer, wherein the IR ablation layer comprises an IR absorbent metal layer which is disposed in contact with the photosensitive resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Wada, Keiichi Motoi, Yuji Taguchi, Satoshi Imahashi, Masaou Matsuda, Kazuo Takahashi, Koji Syoki