Patents by Inventor Yoichiro Ban

Yoichiro Ban 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: 7236803
    Abstract: A CPU of a mobile telephone can carry out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call addressed to the mobile telephone and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by a camera. When a camera-dedicated mode is selected, the standby operation is prohibited during an image capture operation of the camera. When the image captured by the camera is processed, negative effects of the standby operation on the process of the image captured by the camera can be avoided. In this manner, the image captured by the camera can be smoothly, appropriately processed, enhancing the operability of the mobile telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ban, Hiroaki Kuraoka
  • Publication number: 20060223590
    Abstract: A CPU of a mobile telephone can carry out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call addressed to the mobile telephone and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by a camera. When a camera-dedicated mode is selected, the standby operation is prohibited during an image capture operation of the camera. When the image captured by the camera is processed, negative effects of the standby operation on the process of the image captured by the camera can be avoided. In this manner, the image captured by the camera can be smoothly, appropriately processed, enhancing the operability of the mobile telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ban, Hiroaki Kuraoka
  • Patent number: 7076271
    Abstract: A CPU of a mobile telephone can carry out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call addressed to the mobile telephone and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by a camera. When a camera-dedicated mode is selected, the standby operation is prohibited during an image capture operation of the camera. When the image captured by the camera is processed, negative effects of the standby operation on the process of the image captured by the camera can be avoided. In this manner, the image captured by the camera can be smoothly, appropriately processed, enhancing the operability of the mobile telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ban, Hiroaki Kuraoka
  • Publication number: 20020147033
    Abstract: A CPU of a mobile telephone can carry out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call addressed to the mobile telephone and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by a camera. When a camera-dedicated mode is selected, the standby operation is prohibited during an image capture operation of the camera. When the image captured by the camera is processed, negative effects of, the standby operation on the process of the image captured by the camera can be avoided. In this manner, the image captured by the camera can be smoothly, appropriately processed, enhancing the operability of the mobile telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION (JP)
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ban, Hiroaki Kuraoka
  • Patent number: 5667429
    Abstract: A floor surface blasting apparatus is used for removing rustproof coating (blasting) on a tank bottom surface to inspect weld lines on the bottom surface of high-capacity fuel tank. The floor surface blasting apparatus comprises a work arm which has weld line detecting sensors for detecting a weld line at the tip end and also has a blast head incorporating a suction nozzle; a work carriage which has the work arm and magnet devices incorporating a magnetic substance and travels arbitrarily on the floor surface; a transfer carriage which has a blast device for supplying blasting material to the blast head and travels arbitrarily on the floor surface; and a control device which controls the blast head so that the blast head is positioned on a weld line in accordance with the detection signal from the weld line detecting sensors and the signal of a position detecting device for detecting the position of the blast head and also makes the transfer carriage follow the work carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignees: Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc., Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Uchida, Yoshikazu Miyachi, Kengo Hamanaka, Yoichiro Ban, Nagio Minami, Tadashi Nobushige
  • Patent number: 5435773
    Abstract: A floor surface blasting apparatus is used for removing rustproof coating (blasting ) on a tank bottom surface to inspect weld lines on the bottom surface of high-capacity fuel tank. The floor surface blasting apparatus comprises a work arm which has weld line detecting sensors for detecting a weld line at the tip end and also has a blast head incorporating a suction nozzle; a work carriage which has the work arm and magnet devices incorporating a magnetic substance and travels arbitrarily on the floor surface; a transfer carriage which has a blast device for supplying blasting material to the blast head and travels arbitrarily on the floor surface; and a control device which controls the blast head so that the blast head is positioned on a weld line in accordance with the detection signal from the weld line detecting sensors and the signal of a position detecting device for detecting the position of the blast head and also makes the transfer carriage follow the work carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignees: Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Uchida, Yoshikazu Miyachi, Tomoyoshi Ibe, Tsutomu Kurita, Takeo Oomichi, Kengo Hamanaka, Yoichiro Ban, Nagio Minami, Tadashi Nobushige
  • Patent number: 5339573
    Abstract: A floor surface blasting apparatus is used for removing rustproof coating (blasting) on a tank bottom surface to inspect weld lines on the bottom surface of high-capacity fuel tank. The floor surface blasting apparatus comprises a work arm which has weld line detecting sensors for detecting a weld line at the tip end and also has a blast head incorporating a suction nozzle; a work carriage which has the work arm and magnet devices incorporating a magnetic substance and travels arbitrarily on the floor surface; a transfer carriage which has a blast device for supplying blasting material to the blast head and travels arbitrarily on the floor surface; and a control device which controls the blast head so that the blast head is positioned on a weld line in accordance with the detection signal from the weld line detecting sensors and the signal of a position detecting device for detecting the position of the blast head and also makes the transfer carriage follow the work carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignees: Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Uchida, Yoshikazu Miyachi, Tomoyoshi Ibe, Tsutomu Kurita, Takeo Oomichi, Kengo Hamanaka, Yoichiro Ban, Nagio Minami, Tadashi Nobushige