Patents by Inventor Wataru Ono
Wataru Ono 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).
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Publication number: 20250085696Abstract: According to one embodiment, an abnormality detection apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires analysis data, the analysis data including at least operation data among the operation data and history data, the operation data being data of a manufacturing apparatus configured to intermittently process at least one product, the history data relating to a manufacturing history of the product processed by the manufacturing apparatus. The processor sets an operational state of the manufacturing apparatus in the operation data based on the acquired analysis data. The processor detects abnormality of the manufacturing apparatus based on the operation data and the set operational state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Wataru WATANABE, Jumpei ANDO, Toshiyuki ONO
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POLYMER, COMPOSITION, PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT
Publication number: 20250089573Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer which has a small change in relative permittivity before and after exposure to a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and is capable of forming a film having few wrinkles; a composition; a piezoelectric composite material; a piezoelectric film; and a piezoelectric element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, Naoyuki MOROOKA, Mikio ONO -
Publication number: 20250053908Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cause analyzing apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit acquires a reference data group and target data. The processing circuit calculates an outlier score of an explanatory variable of the target data. The processing circuit calculates a relationship weight representing strength of a relationship between an objective variable and the explanatory variable of the reference data group. The processing circuit calculates a property weight representing a degree of match between values of the objective variable and the explanatory variable of the target data. The processing circuit calculates a cause score of the explanatory variable based on the outlier score, the relationship weight, and the property weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke KAWAUCHI, Takuya MATSUO, Wataru WATANABE, Toshiyuki ONO
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Publication number: 20250021158Abstract: A recommendation device includes an acquisition unit acquiring a visual line image obtained by imaging the trajectory of the visual line of a user browsing a content displayed on a user terminal, an extraction unit extracting a feature vector indicating a feature amount of the visual line image, a generation unit generating a correspondence relationship between the content and the trajectory of the visual line of the user as a user context on the basis of the feature vector, a computation unit computing the score of each of a plurality of contents, which are recommendation candidates, by using the user context, and an output unit outputting a recommendation result of a content selected on the basis of the score.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kunihiro AIBA, Sohei ONO, Wataru AKASHI, Sho MAEOKI
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Publication number: 20230331516Abstract: This elevating machine operation information display system comprises: a collection unit that collects, from one or more control boards that control a plurality of elevating machines installed in the same site, elevating machine operation information for each period set for the elevating machine; and a data conversion unit that converts the collected operation information to operation information at preset intervals. In addition, elevating machine usage information that includes at least one of the average call duration and the number of people landing and exiting at halls in the site are caused to be output and displayed on the basis of the operation information converted by the data conversion unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Wataru ONO, Kenji OTSUKA, Masayuki OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 10769052Abstract: A volume driver is provided in each server that executes a container engine. A first volume driver embeds, in a container image of a container in a first server, a volume ID (which is the ID of a volume, and is according to information acquired from a storage system with respect to the volume) of the volume associated with the container. A second volume driver searches, in the storage system, for a volume to be associated with the container based on the container image, by using the volume ID embedded in the container image outputted from the first server and inputted to the second server.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Wataru Ono, Keisuke Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20200192693Abstract: A container provision support system capable of shortening time required to provide a container is provided. A first site is provided with a first registry apparatus including a first container image used to activate a first container that is an environment to execute an application program, a first container apparatus for activating the first container based on the first container image, and a first storage apparatus that provides a first volume to be used in the application program; and a second site is provided with a second storage apparatus that provides a second volume which is replicated data of the first volume; and there is provided a management unit that manages management information which associates identification information of the first volume, identification information of the second volume, and identification information of the first container image with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Taro KAWASE, Akihisa NAGAMI, Wataru ONO, Yutaro SEINO, Ryosuke KONDO
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Publication number: 20190370153Abstract: A volume driver is provided in each server that executes a container engine. A first volume driver embeds, in a container image of a container in a first server, a volume ID (which is the ID of a volume, and is according to information acquired from a storage system with respect to the volume) of the volume associated with the container. A second volume driver searches, in the storage system, for a volume to be associated with the container based on the container image, by using the volume ID embedded in the container image outputted from the first server and inputted to the second server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Wataru ONO, Keisuke MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 10188266Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging element that generates an image signal of a subject; an observation method determining unit that determines, based on identification information indicating types of a control device connected to the imaging device, whether the control device adopts a first observation method for processing an image signal indicating a plurality of images of the subject per one frame period or a second observation method for processing an image signal indicating a single image of the subject per one frame period; and a data reducing unit. If the control device adopts the second observation method, the data reducing unit reduces a data amount of the image signal to be transmitted to the control device per unit time such that a transmission rate indicating the data amount of the image signal per unit time is acceptable to the control device that adopts the second observation method.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Hashimoto, Wataru Ono
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Patent number: 9974432Abstract: A scanning endoscope apparatus includes: a light source unit; an illumination fiber inserted inside an insertion portion of an endoscope, the illumination fiber being configured to guide illuminating light from a proximal end to a distal end; an actuator configured to drive the distal end of the optical fiber so that the illuminating light outputted from the illumination fiber is scanned on a subject; a memory configured to store correlation coefficient information on a correlation coefficient between a drive signal for driving the actuator and a displacement amount of the actuator; and a controller, and the controller detects a current of the drive signal for driving the actuator and corrects the drive signal for driving the actuator based on the correlation coefficient information and a value of the detected current so that the displacement amount of the actuator becomes a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Soichiro Koshika, Kazuma Kaneko, Masanori Sumiyoshi, Wataru Ono
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Patent number: 9826885Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an illumination unit configured to irradiate a visual field area with illumination light that produces return light from a specific substance; a sensor unit having a two-dimensional surface on which a plurality of pixels is arranged for receiving the return light from the visual field area and photoelectrically converting the return light to generate electrical signals; a reading unit configured to read out the electrical signals per a specified frame cycle; a reset pulse generation unit configured to generate reset pulses for releasing electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels; a reset pulse controller configured to adjust timing of generating the reset pulses such that a plurality of frame cycles is included in a period between generation of two consecutive reset pulses; and an illumination controller configured to cause the illumination unit to emit the illumination light in each of the plurality of frame cycles.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Ono, Satoshi Takekoshi, Shunji Takei, Kenji Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20170086662Abstract: A scanning endoscope apparatus includes: a light source unit; an illumination fiber inserted inside an insertion portion of an endoscope, the illumination fiber being configured to guide illuminating light from a proximal end to a distal end; an actuator configured to drive the distal end of the optical fiber so that the illuminating light outputted from the illumination fiber is scanned on a subject; a memory configured to store correlation coefficient information on a correlation coefficient between a drive signal for driving the actuator and a displacement amount of the actuator; and a controller, and the controller detects a current of the drive signal for driving the actuator and corrects the drive signal for driving the actuator based on the correlation coefficient information and a value of the detected current so that the displacement amount of the actuator becomes a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Soichiro KOSHIKA, Kazuma KANEKO, Masanori SUMIYOSHI, Wataru ONO
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Patent number: 9414739Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an excitation light emission unit that irradiates a subject with excitation light for exciting a fluorescent substance introduced into the subject; a normal light emission unit that irradiates the subject with normal light including a visible wavelength range different from the excitation light; an imaging unit that forms an optical image of the subject irradiated with the excitation light or normal light on an imaging surface to generate an image signal; a brightness signal generation unit that generates a brightness signal indicating brightness, based on the image signal generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the normal light; and an amplification unit that sets an amplification factor of the image signal to be generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the excitation light, based on an amplification factor of the image signal according to the brightness signal generated by the brightness signal generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Takekoshi, Shunji Takei, Kenji Yamazaki, Wataru Ono
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Publication number: 20160100741Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an illumination unit configured to irradiate a visual field area with illumination light that produces return light from a specific substance; a sensor unit having a two-dimensional surface on which a plurality of pixels is arranged for receiving the return light from the visual field area and photoelectrically converting the return light to generate electrical signals; a reading unit configured to read out the electrical signals per a specified frame cycle; a reset pulse generation unit configured to generate reset pulses for releasing electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels; a reset pulse controller configured to adjust timing of generating the reset pulses such that a plurality of frame cycles is included in a period between generation of two consecutive reset pulses; and an illumination controller configured to cause the illumination unit to emit the illumination light in each of the plurality of frame cycles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru ONO, Satoshi TAKEKOSHI, Shunji TAKEI, Kenji YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20160066769Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging element that generates an image signal of a subject; an observation method determining unit that determines, based on identification information indicating types of a control device connected to the imaging device, whether the control device adopts a first observation method for processing an image signal indicating a plurality of images of the subject per one frame period or a second observation method for processing an image signal indicating a single image of the subject per one frame period; and a data reducing unit. If the control device adopts the second observation method, the data reducing unit reduces a data amount of the image signal to be transmitted to the control device per unit time such that a transmission rate indicating the data amount of the image signal per unit time is acceptable to the control device that adopts the second observation method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Hashimoto, Wataru Ono
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Publication number: 20160030918Abstract: Provided is a moisture-absorbing material having, in the following order: a moisture-permeable polymer layer; a moisture-absorbing layer having a porous structure and containing amorphous silica with an average secondary particle diameter not exceeding 10 ?m, a water-soluble resin and a moisture-absorbing agent; and a moisture-proof layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Hideki KAIMOTO, Naoko NAKAZAWA, Takao ASAKURA, Wataru ONO
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Publication number: 20150173595Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an excitation light emission unit that irradiates a subject with excitation light for exciting a fluorescent substance introduced into the subject; a normal light emission unit that irradiates the subject with normal light including a visible wavelength range different from the excitation light; an imaging unit that forms an optical image of the subject irradiated with the excitation light or normal light on an imaging surface to generate an image signal; a brightness signal generation unit that generates a brightness signal indicating brightness, based on the image signal generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the normal light; and an amplification unit that sets an amplification factor of the image signal to be generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the excitation light, based on an amplification factor of the image signal according to the brightness signal generated by the brightness signal generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Satoshi TAKEKOSHI, Shunji TAKEI, Kenji YAMAZAKI, Wataru ONO
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Patent number: 9029755Abstract: An imaging system includes: an illumination unit configured to emit illumination light for illuminating a subject; a light receiving unit in which pixels are arranged two-dimensionally, each pixel being configured to receive light and generate an electric signal by performing photoelectric conversion of the light; a readout unit configured to sequentially read out the electric signal from the light receiving unit for every horizontal line; and an illumination controller configured to keep intensity of the illumination light emitted from the illumination unit constant in at least a part of a readout period where the readout unit reads out the horizontal line of the light receiving unit in one frame or one field period, and configured to variably control an illumination time of the illumination light emitted from the illumination unit, outside the readout period.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Wataru Ono, Yusuke Yabe, Tomoya Takahashi, Kotaro Ogasawara
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Patent number: 8908022Abstract: An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: a CMOS imaging element; a timing generator and an AFE unit that are provided on a board connected to a light receiving unit and reads pixel information by causing the pixel information to be output from a pixel designated as a target to be read in the CMOS imaging element; a control circuit that is provided on the board and controls a pixel information output process by a light receiving unit and a pixel information reading process by the timing generator and the AFE unit; and an abnormality determining unit that determines whether there is an abnormality in the pixel information read by the timing generator and the AFE unit and outputs, to the control circuit, a notification signal for causing the control circuit to execute control on an occurrence of the abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Wataru Ono, Hidenori Hashimoto, Hirohiko Matsuzawa
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Patent number: 8866893Abstract: Imaging apparatus performs controlling to read pixel information from pixels belonging to target area by each frame. One frame period is period from when an exposure period for exposing pixels on a horizontal line that is to be read first from among horizontal lines belonging to the target area of a sensor is started and until when reading of the pixel information generated by each of the pixels on the horizontal line is completed. The imaging apparatus sequentially emits, by each illumination period of a length corresponding to at least two frame periods, illumination lights in synchronization with start of the exposure period. The imaging apparatus performs a predetermined controlling by performing controlling to exclude, from predetermined processing target, image data corresponding to the pixel information read during first frame period of the illumination period, while by acquiring image data corresponding to the pixel information read during other frame period.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventor: Wataru Ono