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).
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Publication number: 20250242233Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: July 31, 2025Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Takashi Enokihara, Tomoyuki Okubo, Yoshiaki Takagi, Takafumi Ogura
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Publication number: 20250093152Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JAPAN) CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ohno, Hiroya Kano, Akifumi Ohno, Akio Kawasaki, Sayuri Suzuki, Yoshiaki Takagi
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Publication number: 20250014311Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JAPAN) CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroya KANO, Hiroshi OHNO, Hideaki OKANO, Takahiro KAMIKAWA, Akifumi OHNO, Yoshiaki TAKAGI, Sayuri SUZUKI, Yousuke UJIHARA
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Publication number: 20240319078Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JAPAN) CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Hiroya KANO, Takahiro KAMIKAWA, Hideaki OKANO, Sayuri SUZUKI, Chisa HIRAKAWA, Akifumi OHNO, Yoshiaki TAKAGI
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Patent number: 10612426Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SANYO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Takagi
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Publication number: 20190101030Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventor: Yoshiaki TAKAGI
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Patent number: 9313584Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Takashi Katayama, Hikaru Takato
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Patent number: 9247361Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Nishizaki, Eiji Noguchi, Yoshiaki Takagi
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Patent number: 9179225Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiaki Takagi
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Patent number: 8668226Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Jtekt CorporationInventors: Kei Hirose, Yoshiaki Takagi
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Patent number: 8646159Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Sanyo Machine Works, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Seiji Maeda
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Publication number: 20140016805Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventor: Yoshiaki TAKAGI
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Patent number: 8571245Abstract: 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 suitabType: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito, Eiji Noguchi, Takashi Katayama, Hikaru Takato
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Patent number: 8565460Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito
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Patent number: 8548180Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito, Eiji Noguchi, Takashi Katayama
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Publication number: 20130156240Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Takashi Katayama, Hikaru Takato
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Patent number: 8428953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kojiro Ono, Takeshi Norimatsu, Yoshiaki Takagi, Takashi Katayama
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Patent number: 8363868Abstract: A hearing aid (100) fits in an ear of a user and amplifies a sound and outputs the amplified sound.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazue Fusakawa, Megumi Yokokura, Yoshiaki Takagi
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Patent number: 8353533Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Kenichi Aota, Yoshiaki Takagi, Akihisa Kawanabe
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Publication number: 20120250915Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Yoshiaki Takagi, Gempo Ito