Patents by Inventor Yoji Noguchi
Yoji Noguchi 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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Patent number: 10222534Abstract: A light guide plate (30) is configured to allow light output from a display element (10) to be propagated therein and to allow at least a part of the light propagated therein to be reflected by a plurality of reflective structures (34). The plurality of reflective structures each include a reflective surface (36) inclining with respect to a light output surface (S30). The guide plate includes a first transparent member (30A); a second transparent member (30B); and a third transparent member (38) provided between the first transparent member and the second transparent member. The plurality of reflective structures are provided at positions in contact with the third transparent member.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Masuda, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Yoji Noguchi
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Publication number: 20170336552Abstract: A light guide plate (30) is configured to allow light output from a display element (10) to be propagated therein and to allow at least a part of the light propagated therein to be reflected by a plurality of reflective structures (34). The plurality of reflective structures each include a reflective surface (36) inclining with respect to a light output surface (S30). The guide plate includes a first transparent member (30A); a second transparent member (30B); and a third transparent member (38) provided between the first transparent member and the second transparent member. The plurality of reflective structures are provided at positions in contact with the third transparent member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: TAKESHI MASUDA, HIROYUKI FURUKAWA, YOJI NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 6561242Abstract: A block structure in a ground contact face of a tread portion of a pneumatic tire comprises blocks defined by circumferential grooves and lateral grooves and a sipe formed in each surface of the blocks in a block row at least located near to a center of the tread and opening at least one end thereof to the respective circumferential groove, in which the sipe is opened through a width-widened part to the circumferential groove and a depth of the width-widened part is made shallower than a depth of a deepest part of the sipe.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Tatsuro Chaen, Yoji Noguchi
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Publication number: 20010022209Abstract: A block structure in a ground contact face of a tread portion of a pneumatic tire comprises blocks defined by circumferential grooves and lateral grooves and a sipe formed in each surface of the blocks in a block row at least located near to a center of the tread and opening at least one end thereof to the respective circumferential groove, in which the sipe is opened through a width-widened part to the circumferential groove and a depth of the width-widened part is made shallower than a depth of a deepest part of the sipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuro Chaen, Yoji Noguchi
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Patent number: 5420872Abstract: An apparatus for concealing an error of a moving pictures transform coding includes the first concealment circuit (19) for analyzing data according to a type of the data, the data being error-detected but not corrected by an error correction decoding by the decoder (12), for replacing the data with a specific data according to the analyzed result by using a predetermined method, and for outputting a specific signal therefrom, and the second concealment circuit (22) connected to the first concealment circuit (19) for replacing reproduced pixel values of an error-occurred block with reproduced pixel values of a previous frame according to the signal output from the first concealment circuit (19) in case that the data being error-detected but not corrected is data of a predetermined frequency component or data of an additional information.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1992Date of Patent: May 30, 1995Assignee: Sharp K.K.Inventors: Masaaki Hyodo, Hiroyuki Katata, Yoji Noguchi
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Patent number: 5327502Abstract: A bit allocation method which facilitate control of the number of bits to be assigned to transform coefficients and block of image data with a deviation from the functional form. An image coding system which can implement an optimal bit allocation that minimizes quantization error under a predetermined information content or amount, in carrying out bit allocations of block-adaptive type and transform coefficient-adaptive type.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1992Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Katata, Yoji Noguchi, Hiroshi Akagi
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Patent number: 5327263Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a liquid modulator having a photoconductive material including an image-writing plane, a liquid crystal layer laminated on the photoconductive material, a pair of electrodes sandwiching the photoconductive material and the liquid crystal layer, and a spacer inserted between the photoconductive material and one of the electrodes. Also provided are an analog writing system for analogously writing an original image in the light modulator; a digital reading system for digitally reading the image written in the light modulator; a processing section for image-processing the read image data; a digital writing system for digitally writing processed image data in the light modulator; and, an analog reading system for analogously reading an image written in the light modulator. The liquid crystal layer is either a phase-transition type liquid crystal, a p-type smectic A liquid crystal providing a storage function, or a ferroelectric liquid crystal providing a storage function.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1993Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Katagiri, Noritoshi Kako, Yoji Noguchi
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Patent number: 5267333Abstract: An image compressing apparatus forms a synthetic image from a plurality of image data. The apparatus includes a device for sorting a plurality of image data into a plurality of image types in accordance with at least one of a nature and a use of each image data, a device for selecting an image compressing method out of a plurality of predetermined various image compressing methods for each image data in accordance with the sorted image type, and a device for compressing the image data in accordance with the selected image compressing method and recording the compressed image data in a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1992Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoko Aono, Hiroyuki Katata, Masaki Takakura, Yoji Noguchi, Noritoshi Kako
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Patent number: 5235437Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a light modulator, an analog writing system for analogously writing an image of an original in the light modulator, a digital reading system for digitally reading the written image out of the light modulator, a processing section for processing the read image data, a digital writing system for digitally writing the processed image in the light modulator, and an analog reading system for analogously reading the image written on the light modulator. The light modulator includes a photoconductive material, a liquid crystal layer laminated on the photoconductive material, and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the photoconductive material and the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer can provide a storage function so as to enable the reading and writing of the image from the same direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1990Date of Patent: August 10, 1993Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Katagiri, Noritoshi Kako, Yoji Noguchi
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Patent number: 5091977Abstract: In an image data compression method to be employed in coding digital image data whose pixels are represented by n bits and which include 2.sup.n different types of runs, while a run length of a current run is counted, a value representing a run type of the current run is predicted. The prediction is repeated till a predicted value coincides with an actual value of the run type of the current run. When a predicted value does not coincide with the actual value of the run type of the current run, a run length for an imaginary run having the predicted value is regarded as zero and the run length 0 of the imaginary run is entropy coded. On the other hand, when a predicted value coincides with an actual value, the actual run length of the current run is entropy coded.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1990Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Katata, Yoji Noguchi
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Patent number: 4964066Abstract: A device for editing and displaying an image uses a medium such as a transparent film or a magnetic card on which are recorded both display data and commands for specifying how the display data should be processed. Such data are received by the device through a camera, a magnetic record reader and/or the like and stored in a memory device. Digital image processing is performed on such stored data according to the commands and an image according to the processed data is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1990Date of Patent: October 16, 1990Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasukuni Yamane, Noritoshi Kako, Yoji Noguchi, Masaki Takakura
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Patent number: 4949279Abstract: A device and a process systematically combine various independent image processings into composite processings. The device uses an image processing device that independently sets the scanning method of scanning points P, a decision reference as to whether or not processing is performed on the scanning point P (which is a scanning point P'), a processing point Qi for performing the processing, and the processing contents to be performed with respect to the processing point Qi.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1987Date of Patent: August 14, 1990Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Takakura, Yoji Noguchi, Yasukuni Yamane, Noritoshi Kako
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Patent number: 4878178Abstract: An image processing device includes a multipurpose memory which stores intensity information as well as label information and a look-up memory. The output from the multipurpose memory is connected to an address of the look-up table memory and is converted by the look-up table memory. The image processing device operates to select an area in an image without erasing the data of an image to be processed and to change the color at a very high speed.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 1986Date of Patent: October 31, 1989Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Takakura, Hideto Hayasaki, Hideo Takemura, Masao Izumi, Keisuke Iwasaki, Yoji Noguchi, Yasukuni Yamane, Noritoshi Kako
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Patent number: 4695966Abstract: An image processing device is provided with a first memory and a second memory for storing color light and shade information of at least two portions of a picture, a coordinate inputting device, and a device for transferring and processing between the first memory and the second memory of the image information specified by the coordinate inputting device. Additionally, the image processing device has at least two display units and devices for simultaneously performing cursor-displays in the different image portions of the picture in accordance to the information from the coordinate inputting device. Each of the devices for performing cursor-displays provides images different in shape from each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1985Date of Patent: September 22, 1987Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Takakura, Yoji Noguchi, Yasukuni Yamane, Noritoshi Kako
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Patent number: 3962390Abstract: A method of producing shaped articles of thermoplastic resin having a non-foam layer and foam layer, which comprises introducing into a mold thermoplastic resin particles not containing a heat-decomposable blowing agent and thermoplastic resin particles containing such a blowing agent and having a greater heat capacity than said resin particles not containing a blowing agent, heating the mold and, in the meantime, moving said particles in said mold to effect the heat-melting of said particles as well as the heat-decomposition of said blowing agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1974Date of Patent: June 8, 1976Assignee: Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisayuki Mori, Eiichi Adachi, Yoji Noguchi
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Patent number: D531570Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yoji Noguchi, Akira Yagi
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Patent number: D532362Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yoji Noguchi, Akira Yagi