Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Takagi

Yoshiaki Takagi 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: 20250242233
    Abstract: An operation device includes a direction indication operation member that is subjected to a user depression operation toward any direction, and an operation member that is different in category from the direction indication operation member. The operation device generates operation data that includes operation information describing operations on the direction indication operation member and the operation member of the different category, and transmits the operation data to an information processing apparatus. In a case where a use request for an alternative input function of using the direction indication operation member as an alternative to the operation member of the different category is given, operation information describing an operation on the operation member of the different category to be included in the operation data is identified according to a user operation performed on the direction indication operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Enokihara, Tomoyuki Okubo, Yoshiaki Takagi, Takafumi Ogura
  • Publication number: 20250093152
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical apparatus includes at least two light sources, illumination opening portions, and an imaging portion. The illumination opening portions are configured to partially block light emitted from the at least two light sources, respectively, to form illumination light. The imaging portion is configured to image an object using the illumination light. The at least two light sources are disposed at positions facing each other with an optical axis of the imaging portion interposed between the at least two light sources. The illumination light from the at least two light sources is formed to spread like a fan shape toward the object respectively by the illumination opening portions. The fan shape is defined on a reference plane including the optical axis of the imaging portion and on another plane parallel to the reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JAPAN) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohno, Hiroya Kano, Akifumi Ohno, Akio Kawasaki, Sayuri Suzuki, Yoshiaki Takagi
  • Publication number: 20250014311
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processing apparatus includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: shift one or more captured images selected from a plurality of captured images including a reference captured image, and compose at least one subject surface image by superimposing the shifted one or more captured images on the reference captured image. The plurality of captured images have been obtained with an imaging portion within a predetermined time while a surface of a subject moving relative to the illumination light is irradiated with a plurality of beams of illumination light traveling in different directions in at least one plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JAPAN) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroya KANO, Hiroshi OHNO, Hideaki OKANO, Takahiro KAMIKAWA, Akifumi OHNO, Yoshiaki TAKAGI, Sayuri SUZUKI, Yousuke UJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240319078
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an optical inspection method includes: causing a wavelength selection portion to selectively pass light components including at least two different wavelength spectra from an object point and causing an imaging portion including at least two color channels configured to receive the light components of the wavelength spectra to capture the object point; defining the light components of the at least two different wavelength spectra as signal vectors having different directions based on light reception data in the at least two color channels for the object point; and estimating spread of a direction distribution of light at the object point based on the directions of the signal vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JAPAN) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Hiroya KANO, Takahiro KAMIKAWA, Hideaki OKANO, Sayuri SUZUKI, Chisa HIRAKAWA, Akifumi OHNO, Yoshiaki TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 10612426
    Abstract: Provided is a valve clearance adjusting method by which an accurate valve clearance adjustment can be easily performed regardless of the tolerance of pitch dimensions of an adjusting screw. The valve clearance adjusting method including: measuring a cam profile of the camshaft 50 mounted on the cylinder head 100; identifying, on the basis of a measurement result of the cam profile, a predetermined rotation angle ?V of the camshaft 50 at which a predetermined lift amount corresponding to a predetermined valve clearance is obtained; rotating the camshaft 50 and allowing a pressed portion 61, 71 of the rocker arm 60, 70 to face a cam surface at the predetermined rotation angle ?V; rotating an adjusting screw 90 with the pressed portion faced with the cam surface and setting a valve clearance to zero; and fastening the adjusting screw 90 with a lock nut 91.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SANYO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190101030
    Abstract: Provided is a valve clearance adjusting method by which an accurate valve clearance adjustment can be easily performed regardless of the tolerance of pitch dimensions of an adjusting screw. The valve clearance adjusting method including: measuring a cam profile of the camshaft 50 mounted on the cylinder head 100; identifying, on the basis of a measurement result of the cam profile, a predetermined rotation angle ?V of the camshaft 50 at which a predetermined lift amount corresponding to a predetermined valve clearance is obtained; rotating the camshaft 50 and allowing a pressed portion 61, 71 of the rocker arm 60, 70 to face a cam surface at the predetermined rotation angle ?V; rotating an adjusting screw 90 with the pressed portion faced with the cam surface and setting a valve clearance to zero; and fastening the adjusting screw 90 with a lock nut 91.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshiaki TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 9313584
    Abstract: A hearing assistance suitability determining device, that determines suitability including whether a subject can clearly hear speech using dichotic hearing assistance, includes: a subject hearing ability information input unit; a hearing ability type determining unit that determines at least one hearing ability type that corresponds to the hearing ability information, based on hearing ability information frequency characteristics; a suitability determining unit that determines suitability for dichotic hearing assistance based on the at least one hearing ability type determined by the hearing ability type determining unit; and suitability presenting unit that presents the suitability determined by the suitability determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Takashi Katayama, Hikaru Takato
  • Patent number: 9247361
    Abstract: A hearing aid fitting management system comprises a fitting device, a server, and a client device that are connectable to each other in a network. The server stores hearing ability data received from the client device as a hearing ability certificate, produces a prescription number corresponding to the hearing ability certificate, and sends the prescription number to the client device. The fitting device sends the server the prescription number that has been inputted. The server sends the fitting device the hearing ability certificate corresponding to the prescription number received from the fitting device. The fitting device sends the hearing ability certificate to a hearing aid, and limits the settings in the fitting of the hearing aid to within the range of the hearing ability data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizaki, Eiji Noguchi, Yoshiaki Takagi
  • Patent number: 9179225
    Abstract: A hearing aid device with a dichotic function comprises a first sound input/output component having a first microphone configured to be worn on one ear, a second sound input/output component having a second microphone configured to be worn on the other ear, and a dichotic setting component. The dichotic setting component determines the occurrence of time masking according to a sound signal inputted from the first microphone or the second microphone, and activates or deactivates the dichotic function according to this determination result. The hearing aid device improves the hearing aid effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takagi
  • Patent number: 8668226
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a wire fitting bracket that is fitted to an end portion of a connecting wire for connecting an outer tube to an inner tube and that has a bracket body and a plurality of protrusions. The bracket body is fitted to a steering column-side member with a bolt, and has a bolt insertion hole through which the bolt is passed. The protrusions protrude from the bracket body, and are arranged around an axis of the bolt insertion hole. The protrusions are formed of rotation restricting protrusions that restrict rotation of the wire fitting bracket and an erroneous fitting prevention protrusion that prevents erroneous fitting of the wire fitting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Jtekt Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Hirose, Yoshiaki Takagi
  • Patent number: 8646159
    Abstract: A large-diameter-side end surface (104a) of a cotter (104) can be supported by a cotter holder (32) from below through inserting a shaft member (102) along an inner periphery of the cotter (104) from above the cotter (104). In this state, a protrusion (104b) of the cotter (104) and an annular groove (102a) of the shaft member (102) are fitted to each other, and the cotter (104) and a retainer (103) are taper-fitted to each other. Consequently, the cotter is prevented from being unstable, and hence it is possible to assemble the retainer (103) and the cotter (104) to the shaft member (102) with good accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Seiji Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140016805
    Abstract: A hearing aid device with a dichotic function comprises a first sound input/output component having a first microphone configured to be worn on one ear, a second sound input/output component having a second microphone configured to be worn on the other ear, and a dichotic setting component. The dichotic setting component determines the occurrence of time masking according to a sound signal inputted from the first microphone or the second microphone, and activates or deactivates the dichotic function according to this determination result. The hearing aid device improves the hearing aid effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Yoshiaki TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 8571245
    Abstract: A hearing assistance suitability determining device (120) according to the present invention is a hearing assistance suitability determining device (120) which determines a suitability (153) of a subject for dichotic hearing assistance, and includes: a hearing ability information obtaining unit (130) which obtains left-ear hearing ability information (150) and right-ear hearing ability information (151) each of which indicates a hearing ability for frequencies; a hearing ability type determining unit (131) which determines, among hearing ability types each of which is defined by a tendency in a change of the hearing ability with respect to the frequencies, a hearing ability type (152) of the hearing ability indicated by the left-ear hearing ability information (150) and the right-ear hearing ability information (151); and a suitability deciding unit (132) which determines, with reference to a suitability database (144), the suitability (153) of the subject for the dichotic hearing assistance based on a suitab
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito, Eiji Noguchi, Takashi Katayama, Hikaru Takato
  • Patent number: 8565460
    Abstract: A hearing aid used for a low tone frequency band, a hearing aid used for a high tone frequency band, and a controller that compares sound pressure of the high tone frequency band split by a frequency band analyzer of the hearing aid used for the high tone frequency band with sound pressure of the high tone frequency band split by a frequency band analyzer of the hearing aid used for the low tone frequency band. If the sound pressure of the high tone frequency band of the hearing aid used for the low tone frequency band is higher by at least a specific amount than the sound pressure of the high tone frequency band of the hearing aid used for the high tone frequency band, the sound pressure of the high tone frequency band of the hearing aid used for the high tone frequency band is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito
  • Patent number: 8548180
    Abstract: To provide a hearing aid system (1000) performing dichotic-listening binaural hearing aid processing which improves the clarity of speech and maintains the spatial perception ability. Each of first and second hearing aid devices (1100, 1200) includes a sound pickup unit (1110, 1210) and an output unit (1120, 1220) outputting a sound indicated by a suppressed acoustic signal. The hearing aid system (1000) includes: a first band suppression unit (1300) generating the suppressed acoustic signal indicating the sound outputted from the output unit (1120), by suppressing a signal in a first suppression-target band out of the acoustic signal outputted from the sound pickup unit (1110); and a second band suppression unit (1400) generating the suppressed acoustic signal indicating the sound outputted from the output unit (1220), by suppressing a signal in a second suppression-target band out of the acoustic signal outputted from the sound pickup unit (1210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito, Eiji Noguchi, Takashi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20130156240
    Abstract: A hearing assistance suitability determining device, that determines suitability including whether a subject can clearly hear speech using dichotic hearing assistance, includes: a subject hearing ability information input unit; a hearing ability type determining unit that determines at least one hearing ability type that corresponds to the hearing ability information, based on hearing ability information frequency characteristics; a suitability determining unit that determines suitability for dichotic hearing assistance based on the at least one hearing ability type determined by the hearing ability type determining unit; and suitability presenting unit that presents the suitability determined by the suitability determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Takashi Katayama, Hikaru Takato
  • Patent number: 8428953
    Abstract: An audio decoding device of the present invention includes: a decoding unit decoding a stream to a spectrum coefficient, and outputting stream information when a frame included in the stream cannot be decoded; an orthogonal transformation unit transforming the spectrum coefficient to a time signal; a correction unit generating a correction time signal based on an output waveform within a reference section that is in a section that overlaps between an error frame section to which the stream information is outputted and an adjacent frame section and that is a section in the middle of the adjacent frame section, when the decoding unit outputs the stream information: and an output unit generating the output waveform by synthesizing the correction time signal and the time signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kojiro Ono, Takeshi Norimatsu, Yoshiaki Takagi, Takashi Katayama
  • Patent number: 8363868
    Abstract: A hearing aid (100) fits in an ear of a user and amplifies a sound and outputs the amplified sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazue Fusakawa, Megumi Yokokura, Yoshiaki Takagi
  • Patent number: 8353533
    Abstract: A steering apparatus having a stationary bracket fixed to a vehicle body including a pair of first side plates; a receiving portion provided on the steering column for receiving one end of a conductive member; a pair of second side plates; a conductive cylindrical shaft secured between the pair of first side plates and inserted through the pair of the second side plates; and a plate-shaped conductive member interposed between the receiving portion and an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft. The conductive member includes first and second bow springs that fit the cylindrical shaft resiliently. The first bow spring is interposed between the second bow spring and the receiving portion, a first contact portion of the second bow spring is pressed to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft, and a second contact portion of the first bow spring is pressed to the receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Aota, Yoshiaki Takagi, Akihisa Kawanabe
  • Publication number: 20120250915
    Abstract: A hearing aid is used for a low tone frequency band, a hearing aid is used for a high tone frequency band, and a controller that compares sound pressure of the high tone frequency band split by a frequency band analyzer of the hearing aid used for the high tone frequency band with sound pressure of the high tone frequency band split by a frequency band analyzer of the hearing aid used for the low tone frequency band. If the sound pressure of the high tone frequency band of the hearing aid used for the low tone frequency band is higher by at least a specific amount than the sound pressure of the high tone frequency band of the hearing aid used for the high tone frequency band, the sound pressure of the high tone frequency band of the hearing aid used for the high tone frequency band is raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito