Patents by Inventor Yasufumi Suzuki
Yasufumi Suzuki 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: 20160047520Abstract: A vehicle lamp comprises a reflector, a semiconductor light source, and a projection lens. The lens axis of the projection lens shifts upward relative to the center of a light emission surface. A reflection surface rotates upward about the center or near the center of the light emission surface. The light emission surface rotates upward to face the reflection surface about the center or near the center of the light emission surface. The rotation angle of the light emission surface is greater than the rotation angle of the reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yasufumi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20150365601Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo KODA, Yoshitaka NARUKAWA, Hidenobu TAKEMURA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yasufumi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9207202Abstract: A gas sensor element has a solid electrolyte of an oxygen ion conductivity, a target gas electrode formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte, a reference gas electrode formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte, a porous diffusion resistance layer through which the target gas passes to reach the target gas electrode, and a catalyst layer formed on an outer surface of the porous diffusion resistance layer. The target gas electrode is formed around the porous diffusion resistance layer. The catalyst layer contains noble metal catalysts. The noble metal catalysts contain at least rhodium and palladium. A content of rhodium is not less than 10 mass % and a content of palladium is not less than 20 mass % to the entire of the noble metal catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Masatoshi Ikeda
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Patent number: 9154703Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 9120420Abstract: The present invention provides a lamp unit for low beam and a lamp unit for high beam. A respective one of the lamp units is made of a semiconductor-type light source and a reflector that has reflection surfaces configured to emit light from the semiconductor-type light source forward of a vehicle, as a predetermined light distribution pattern. As a result, the present invention is capable of fully utilizing the light from the semiconductor-type light source and facilitating a light distribution design for forming the light in a predetermined light distribution pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yasufumi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150199183Abstract: An object is to assist analysis work on a program in software development and improve program development efficiency. A program analysis apparatus performs symbolic-execution on a program stored in a storage device, receives an input of a change point of the program, and based on a result of the symbolic-execution, identifies an influenced segment of the program when the program is changed for the change point. The program analysis apparatus receives the change point by receiving a change operation on any one of a symbolic summary which is a terminal node of an execution tree obtained by the symbolic-execution, a decision table based on the symbolic summary, and a source code. The program analysis apparatus visualizes the influenced segment of the identified program in any mode of the symbolic summary, the source code, and the decision table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro NAKAGAWA, Yasufumi SUZUKI, Makoto ICHII, Hideto NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 9050926Abstract: The present invention includes a lamp unit for low beam and a lamp unit for high beam. A respective one of the lamp units is made of: a semiconductor-type light source; and a reflector that has reflection surfaces configured to emit forward of a vehicle a light from the semiconductor-type light source, as a predetermined light distribution pattern. As a result, the present invention is capable of fully utilizing the light from the semiconductor-type light source and facilitating a light distribution design for forming the light in a predetermined light distribution pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8872958Abstract: An image display device includes a display unit configured to display at least an image and an icon relating to a predetermined setting, a touch panel which allows input of operations, and on which a predetermined inhibited area is set, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, after the control unit sets the predetermined inhibited area, when an operation has been input by the touch panel, the control unit determines whether or not the operation has been input within the predetermined inhibited area, and, in a case where the operation has been input within the predetermined inhibited area, by erasing the icon displayed by the display unit, a user is allowed to recognize that an unintended operation has been input within the predetermined inhibited area.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Toru Furukawa
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Patent number: 8823864Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to obtain an image signal; a display unit configured to display an image based on the image signal and a specific index; an instruction-receiving unit configured to receive a specific instruction; and a control unit configured to perform control such that, in a case where a specific mode is set, when an auto-focus point is designated using the instruction-receiving unit, it is determined whether the face of a subject is located at the auto-focus point, and then if it is determined that the face of the subject is located at the auto-focus point, auto-focusing, auto-exposure, and auto-white-balance suitable for the position of the face are performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Masahiko Minagawa, Ryo Ochi
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Publication number: 20140240574Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8760550Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8743242Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a recording unit operable to record data in a predetermined area, a detecting unit operable to detect a device connected to the apparatus, and an unmounting unit operable to unmount the predetermined area in the recording unit when the device connected to the apparatus is detected. Accordingly, data recorded in the recording unit of the information processing apparatus is prevented from being viewed and edited through an external device connected to the apparatus. The information processing apparatus may include, for example, a camera having two recording media.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ken Okuyama, Yasufumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 8704930Abstract: This image display apparatus includes a display unit that displays at least an image, an operation input unit that is divided into a plurality of areas, predetermined operations being assigned to the respective areas, and a control unit that displays an operation manual screen on the display unit for a predetermined time when a full-screen display process starts, that presents content of the operations assigned to the respective areas of the operation input unit by the screen, and that performs control to perform, when one of the areas is pressed, the operation assigned to the area.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Hisayuki Nakashima, Toru Furuwaka
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Patent number: 8651712Abstract: The present invention provides a lamp unit for low beam, a lamp unit for high beam, and a lamp unit for shoulder edge beam. The lamp units each are made of a semiconductor-type light source and a reflector that has reflection surfaces configured to illuminate the light from the semiconductor-type light source forward of a vehicle, as a predetermined light distribution pattern. As a result, the present invention is capable of fully utilizing the light from the semiconductor-type light source, making it possible to facilitate a light distribution design configured to form the light in a predetermined light distribution pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8624988Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up a subject image and a control unit configured to perform control in a manner such that, in a case in which a predetermined mode is set, smile detection of a subject is started when an operation input is performed, the subject image is picked up if a smile is detected, and smile detection and image pickup are repeatedly performed until a completion condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Hiroshi Abe
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Publication number: 20130306475Abstract: In a gas sensor, a gas sensor element includes a solid electrolyte body that has a bottomed tubular shape and a pair of reference and measurement electrodes that are respectively provided on the inner and outer surfaces of the solid electrolyte body. A cover is arranged to cover a distal end portion of the gas sensor element. The cover has at least one through-hole that is positioned on a distal side of the distal end portion of the gas sensor element in a longitudinal direction the gas sensor. The measurement electrode is positioned, on the outer surface of the solid electrolyte body, outside of an overlapping area that overlaps with the at least one through-hole of the cover in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Tooru Katafuchi
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Publication number: 20130235248Abstract: This image display apparatus includes a display unit that displays at least an image, an operation input unit that is divided into a plurality of areas, predetermined operations being assigned to the respective areas, and a control unit that displays an operation manual screen on the display unit for a predetermined time when a full-screen display process starts, that presents content of the operations assigned to the respective areas of the operation input unit by the screen, and that performs control to perform, when one of the areas is pressed, the operation assigned to the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Hisayuki NAKASHIMA, Toru FURUWAKA
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Patent number: 8488038Abstract: This image display apparatus includes a display unit 5 that displays at least an image, an operation input unit 3 that is divided into a plurality of areas, predetermined operations being assigned to the respective areas, and a control unit 1 that displays an operation manual screen 101 on the display unit 5 for a predetermined time when a full-screen display process starts, that presents content of the operations assigned to the respective areas 101a to 101c of the operation input unit 3 by the screen 101, and that performs control to perform, when one of the areas is pressed, the operation assigned to the area.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Suzuki, Hisayuki Nakashima, Toru Furukawa
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Patent number: 8436929Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8210727Abstract: A vehicle headlamp of the present invention is provided with: a semiconductor-type light source; a main reflecting surface; a first auxiliary reflecting surface; a shade; a second auxiliary reflecting surface; a third auxiliary reflecting surface; and a fourth auxiliary reflecting surface. The shade forms a light distribution pattern for passing, having cutoff lines. The first auxiliary reflecting surface and the second auxiliary surface form a light distribution pattern for overhead sign. The first auxiliary reflecting surface, the third auxiliary reflecting surface, and the fourth auxiliary reflecting surface form an auxiliary light distribution pattern between the light distribution pattern for passing, having the cutoff lines, and a light distribution pattern for overhead sign. As a result, the vehicle headlamp of the present invention improves visibility.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yasufumi Suzuki