Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Fukunaga

Yasuhiko Fukunaga 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: 7808541
    Abstract: To enable to display a scale indicative of a reference length on a screen of a display at an accurate length even when exchanging the lens in an image pickup apparatus to any lens. In a case of mounting an exchange lens (4F, 4Z) to an image pickup apparatus main body (3) and displaying an image of an object picked up by an image sensor (2) and a scale (5) indicative of a reference length in juxtaposition on a screen of a display (6), a previously measured optical magnification or an actual magnification is outputted from optical magnification outputting means (8) provided to the exchange lens (4F, 4Z) is outputted, an actual magnification on the screen of the display (6) is calculated based on the optical magnification, the size for the image sensor and the screen size, and the size of the scale on the screen is set based on the actual magnification and the reference length of the scale by a scale setting means (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Shikano, Naohiro Tsuda, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Tomoki Nishiyama, Makoto Toyota
  • Publication number: 20080218604
    Abstract: To enable to display a scale indicative of a reference length on a screen of a display at an accurate length even when exchanging the lens in an image pickup apparatus to any lens. In a case of mounting an exchange lens (4F, 4Z) to an image pickup apparatus main body (3) and displaying an image of an object picked up by an image sensor (2) and a scale (5) indicative of a reference length in juxtaposition on a screen of a display (6), a previously measured optical magnification or an actual magnification is outputted from optical magnification outputting means (8) provided to the exchange lens (4F, 4Z) is outputted, an actual magnification on the screen of the display (6) is calculated based on the optical magnification, the size for the image sensor and the screen size, and the size of the scale on the screen is set based on the actual magnification and the reference length of the scale by a scale setting means (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: MORITEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Shikano, Naohiro Tsuda, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Tomoki Nishiyama, Makoto Toyota
  • Patent number: 7284870
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus in which plural light emitting devices for illuminating light to an object to be illuminated from the periphery thereof are put to light control, and a control device is provided for controlling light to the light emitting devices on every segment divided isogonally with respect to the lighting center at which the light is focused by a control device, wherein the control device 6 comprises an illuminance distribution setter 7 that sets the illuminance on every segments S1 to S4 individually in accordance with the start position of a vector that represents the lighting direction to the lighting center F on the XY coordinate plane D with the lighting center F being as an origin P0, and a light controller 9 that reads out the illuminance on every segment from the illuminance distribution setter 7 in accordance with the input data from a two dimensional data input device 8 that sets the start position and controls the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Toyota, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Shuji Shikano
  • Patent number: 7259522
    Abstract: A current to light emitting devices when an application voltage is at or higher than the lower limit voltage for lighting determined by the arrangement of the light emitting devices, and an identification circuit that outputs a current identification signal in accordance with an appropriate current for the lighting circuit when the application voltage is lower than the lower limit value for lighting, and the power supply comprises a driving power supply that applies a lighting voltage at or higher than the lower limit voltage for lighting, an identification power supply that applies an identification voltage at or lower than the lower limit voltage for lighting, a current setter that sets an appropriate current to be supplied to the lighting circuit based on the current identification signal outputted from the identification circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Toyota, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Shuji Shikano
  • Patent number: 7144130
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for illumination of light by emitting light from LED for each of RGB colors capable of optionally setting a color temperature and controlling the brightness after the setting while maintaining the color temperature as it is, in which a light control circuit supplies a light control voltage for variably controlling the light quantity of the illumination light equally to each color setting circuit connected with LED of each color which is lit by a light quantity in proportion with a driving current and a color temperature setter of the color temperature setting circuit adjusts the light control voltage by a predetermined ratio to a control voltage, and a constant current circuit outputs a driving current in accordance with the control voltage to each LED for each of RGB colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Toyota, Hitoshi Nakao, Yasuhiko Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20050063167
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus in which plural light emitting devices for illuminating light to an object to be illuminated from the periphery thereof are put to light control, and a control device is provided for controlling light to the light emitting devices on every segment divided isogonally with respect to the lighting center at which the light is focused by a control device, wherein the control device 6 comprises an illuminance distribution setter 7 that sets the illuminance on every segments S1 to S4 individually in accordance with the start position of a vector that represents the lighting direction to the lighting center F on the XY coordinate plane D with the lighting center F being as an origin P0, and a light controller 9 that reads out the illuminance on every segment from the illuminance distribution setter 7 in accordance with the input data from a two dimensional data input device 8 that sets the start position and controls the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Toyota, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Shuji Shikano
  • Publication number: 20050062445
    Abstract: A lighting method capable of lighting individual light emitting devices in a lighting head connected to a power supply each at a rated current irrespective of the specification of the lighting head by using a power supply of an identical specification, and a lighting apparatus used for the lighting method, the lighting apparatus comprises lighting heads each having one or more light emitting devices arranged in any optional pattern and comprising a lighting circuit that supplies a current to light emitting devices when an application voltage is at or higher than the lower limit voltage VLmin for lighting determined by the arrangement of the light emitting devices, and an identification circuit that outputs a current identification signal in accordance with an appropriate current for the lighting circuit when the application voltage is lower than the lower limit value for lighting, and the power supply comprises a driving power supply that applies a lighting voltage at or higher than the lower limit voltage fo
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Toyota, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Shuji Shikano
  • Publication number: 20040246742
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for illumination of light by emitting light from LED for each of RGB colors capable of optionally setting a color temperature and controlling the brightness after the setting while maintaining the color temperature as it is, in which a light control circuit supplies a light control voltage for variably controlling the light quantity of the illumination light equally to each color setting circuit connected with LED of each color which is lit by a light quantity in proportion with a driving current and a color temperature setter of the color temperature setting circuit adjusts the light control voltage by a predetermined ratio to a control voltage, and a constant current circuit outputs a driving current in accordance with the control voltage to each LED for each of RGB colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Toyota, Hitoshi Nakao, Yasuhiko Fukunaga