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).

  • Publication number: 20240094092
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing data analysis device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires, from manufacturing data related to a plurality of products, first manufacturing data under a first acquisition condition. The first manufacturing data includes manufacturing condition data related to a manufacturing condition for each of the products and quality data related to quality for each of the products. The processing circuitry determines a second acquisition condition different from the first acquisition condition based on the first manufacturing data. The processing circuitry acquires second manufacturing data including the manufacturing condition data and the quality data from the manufacturing data under the second acquisition condition. The processing circuitry calculates an analysis result of a relationship between the manufacturing condition data and the quality data by analyzing the second manufacturing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Keisuke KAWAUCHI, Takayuki ITOH, Jumpei ANDO, Toshiyuki ONO
  • Publication number: 20240094091
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing data analysis device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires manufacturing data including a manufacturing condition data group and a quality data group. The processing circuitry calculates one or more degrees of influence exerted by first manufacturing condition data included in the manufacturing condition data group on respective pieces of quality data included in the quality data group by analyzing the manufacturing data. The processing circuitry, in a case where one or more degrees of influence satisfy a determination condition, generates output data related to at least one of the first manufacturing condition data, one or more pieces of quality data on which the first manufacturing condition data has exerted the degrees of influence satisfying the determination condition, or the degrees of influence satisfying the determination condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Keisuke KAWAUCHI, Takayuki ITOH, Jumpei ANDO, Toshiyuki ONO
  • Publication number: 20240085899
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data analysis apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires first factor data indicative of first manufacturing conditions of a first product, and acquires second factor data indicative of second manufacturing conditions of a second product. The processing circuitry computes, based on the first factor data, a first index value relating to a degree by which each of the first manufacturing conditions contributes to an abnormality, and computes, based on the second factor data, a second index value relating to a degree by which each of the second manufacturing conditions contributes to an abnormality. The processing circuitry computes a similarity between the first index value and the second index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Jumpei ANDO, Wataru WATANABE, Takayuki ITOH, Keisuke KAWAUCHI, Toshiyuki ONO
  • Publication number: 20230331516
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Wataru ONO, Kenji OTSUKA, Masayuki OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10769052
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Ono, Keisuke Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20200192693
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Taro KAWASE, Akihisa NAGAMI, Wataru ONO, Yutaro SEINO, Ryosuke KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190370153
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Wataru ONO, Keisuke MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10188266
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Hashimoto, Wataru Ono
  • Patent number: 9974432
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Koshika, Kazuma Kaneko, Masanori Sumiyoshi, Wataru Ono
  • Patent number: 9826885
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Ono, Satoshi Takekoshi, Shunji Takei, Kenji Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20170086662
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro KOSHIKA, Kazuma KANEKO, Masanori SUMIYOSHI, Wataru ONO
  • Patent number: 9414739
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Takekoshi, Shunji Takei, Kenji Yamazaki, Wataru Ono
  • Publication number: 20160100741
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru ONO, Satoshi TAKEKOSHI, Shunji TAKEI, Kenji YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160066769
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Hashimoto, Wataru Ono
  • Publication number: 20160030918
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Hideki KAIMOTO, Naoko NAKAZAWA, Takao ASAKURA, Wataru ONO
  • Publication number: 20150173595
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKEKOSHI, Shunji TAKEI, Kenji YAMAZAKI, Wataru ONO
  • Patent number: 9029755
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Wataru Ono, Yusuke Yabe, Tomoya Takahashi, Kotaro Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8908022
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Wataru Ono, Hidenori Hashimoto, Hirohiko Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 8866893
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Wataru Ono
  • Patent number: 8823789
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes first and second imaging units, a reading unit that reads pixel information from pixels set as a reading target in each of the first and second imaging units, a control unit that sets the pixels as the reading target in each of the first and second imaging units in a manner such that the pixel information is alternately read from the first and second imaging units by the reading unit, and controls timing of exposure processes in the first and second imaging units and timing of reading processes of the pixel information for the first and second imaging units by the reading unit, to be correlated with one another, a transmission unit that transmits the pixel information read from each of the first and second imaging units in a same transmission path, and an image processing unit that generates an image based on the pixel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Wataru Ono