Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Kikuchi

Yoshihiro Kikuchi 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: 11970243
    Abstract: An exercise measurement device comprises a housing for attaching to a frame of a bicycle, a generator, an annular rotational input member for rotationally driving the generator, the rotational input member being rotatably mounted on the housing and positioned around a crank axis line, a connecting member connecting the rotational input member to the crankshaft or the crank arm in a torque transmitting relationship, a sensor for detecting at least one of electric current of the generator, a rotational speed of the generator or the crank arm, a torque of the crank arm, a position of the crank arm, a strain in the crank arm, and a pressure on the pedal, a measurement computing unit for computing at least one of power and a pedaling force from an output of the sensor, and a display unit for displaying a computed value of the measurement computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tsukamoto, Yoshihiro Namiki, Satoshi Honda, Hiroyuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20240126100
    Abstract: A method for producing a spectacle lens, the method including: determining the positions of at least three marks so as to specify the center position of a frame shape on the basis of the at least three marks; making marks at the determined positions; calculating the shape of a non-optical surface of a semifinished lens with respect to the center position when processing the non-optical surface according to a prescription; and processing the non-optical surface into the calculated shape with respect to the center position. When the semifinished lens is viewed in an optical axis direction, the at least three marks include a pair of marks located on a first straight line passing through the center position and a mark located on a second straight line that is orthogonal to the first straight line and passes through the center position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KIKUCHI, Shinichi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240109473
    Abstract: A left vehicle lamp (2L) includes a lamp housing (14), a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening of the lamp housing (14), an illumination unit (3, 4) that is disposed inside a lamp chamber (S) formed by the lamp housing (14) and the lamp power bar (12), a radar (5) configured to acquire a radar data indicating a surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle, and a light guide member (6) that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar (5) so as to hide at least a part of the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The radar (5) is disposed outside the housing (S). The light guide member (6) is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi, Yuichi Watano
  • Publication number: 20240045231
    Abstract: A semifinished lens is configured with at least three marks for specifying the center position of a frame shape. When the semifinished lens is viewed in an optical axis direction, the at least three marks include a pair of marks located on a first straight line passing through the center position and a mark located on a second straight line that is orthogonal to the first straight line and passes through the center position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KIKUCHI, Shinichi YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10620453
    Abstract: In a spectacle lens including a permanent mark arranged on a concave surface, a layout mark indicating a predetermined reference position on a convex surface is arranged on the convex surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Kenta Ueoka
  • Patent number: 10293451
    Abstract: There is provided a circumference calculating device including an expected shape specifying part 201b configured to obtain an expected finish shape of a bevel in consideration of an interference amount of a beveling tool when beveling is performed to an uncut spectacle lens; and a theoretical circumference calculating part 201d configured to obtain a bevel circumference of the spectacle lens having the expected finish shape obtained by the expected shape specifying part 201b, as a theoretical circumference of this spectacle lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20180157061
    Abstract: In a spectacle lens including a permanent mark arranged on a concave surface, a layout mark indicating a predetermined reference position on a convex surface is arranged on the convex surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KIKUCHI, Kenta UEOKA
  • Patent number: 9888252
    Abstract: A video encoding method and apparatus to select one combination, for each block of an input video signal, from a plurality of combinations. Each combination includes a predictive parameter and at least one reference picture number determined in advance for the reference picture. A prediction picture signal is generated in accordance with the reference picture number and predictive parameter of the selected combination. A predictive error signal is generated representing an error between the input video signal and the prediction picture signal. Encoding the predictive error signal, information of the motion vector, and index information indicating the selected combination is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Shinichiro Koto, Yoshihiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9636795
    Abstract: A controller 240 that gives an instruction of edging a spectacle lens, to a lens edger based on frame shape data outputted from a spectacle frame measuring machine, includes: recognition parts 240a, 240b that recognize a positional relation between a groove shape of the spectacle frame whose frame shape data is measured, and a measurement reference point being a reference when measuring the frame shape data, and a positional relation between a beveling instruction reference point being a reference when a beveling instruction is given to the lens edger and a bevel shape obtained by the beveling; and a beveling amount correcting part 240d that corrects a beveling amount when giving an instruction of beveling to the lens edger based on each positional relation recognized by the recognition parts 240a, 240b, so that the bevel shape is fitted into the groove shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20150237364
    Abstract: A video encoding method and apparatus to select one combination, for each block of an input video signal, from a plurality of combinations. Each combination includes a predictive parameter and at least one reference picture number determined in advance for the reference picture. A prediction picture signal is generated in accordance with the reference picture number and predictive parameter of the selected combination. A predictive error signal is generated representing an error between the input video signal and the prediction picture signal. Encoding the predictive error signal, information of the motion vector, and index information indicating the selected combination is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi CHUJOH, Shinichiro Koto, Yoshihiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9066081
    Abstract: A video encoding method and apparatus to select one combination, for each block of an input video signal, from a plurality of combinations. Each combination includes a predictive parameter and at least one reference picture number determined in advance for the reference picture. A prediction picture signal is generated in accordance with the reference picture number and predictive parameter of the selected combination. A predictive error signal is generated representing an error between the input video signal and the prediction picture signal. Encoding the predictive error signal, information of the motion vector, and index information indicating the selected combination is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Shinichiro Koto, Yoshihiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8848798
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which encodes a moving image signal, includes an inter-prediction mode determination unit which determines a combination of an inter-prediction mode used by an inter-prediction unit and a DCT used by a transformation unit among from an inter-prediction modes and a DCTs, for each of macroblocks. The inter-prediction mode determination unit includes a first selection unit which selects DCTs of a predetermined number from the DCTs, for at least one specific inter-prediction mode among the inter-prediction modes, and a second selection unit which selects a combination of one inter-prediction mode and one DCT from the inter-prediction modes and the DCTs of the predetermined number selected by the first selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Fujisawa, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Yuji Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20140211843
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a moving picture coding apparatus and a moving picture coding method capable of further improving coding efficiency, the moving picture coding apparatus comprises a controller. The controller performs control such that coded data are created using an inter-prediction structure in which the maximum number of consecutive B-pictures in a GOP is set to ā€œNā€, and the number of layers in a reference relationship between the B-pictures is set to ā€œLā€.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuji KAWASHIMA, Yoshihiro KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140211844
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a moving image encoding device and a moving image encoding method improving encoding efficiency are provided. In the embodiment, moving image encoding device includes controller. The controller generates a B picture by using a GOP structure enabling reference from a reference B picture in a GOP to another reference B picture in the GOP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuji KAWASHIMA, Yoshihiro KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 8737482
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an inter-prediction unit which generates a prediction signal, a transformation unit which orthogonal transform a prediction residual signal between the prediction signal and a picture signal of the macro block, and an inter-prediction mode determining unit which determines a combination of an inter-prediction mode used by the inter-prediction unit and DCT used by the transformation unit for each macro block. The inter-prediction mode determining unit includes a first selection unit which selects a preset number of inter-prediction modes from plural types of inter-prediction mode with a specified type of DCT, and a second selection unit which selects a combination of one inter-prediction mode and one DCT from the preset number of inter-prediction modes selected by the first selection unit and the plural types of DCT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Fujisawa, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Yuji Kawashima, Shingo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8630347
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video decoding apparatus decoding a video stream selectively generates one of an intra prediction image and an inter prediction image based on an encoding mode of a decoding object from the video stream and decoded images thereof, generates a residual decoded image based on a quantization parameter of a decoding object from the video stream, generates a decoded image by adding one of an intra prediction image and an inter prediction image selectively generated, and the residual decoded image, applies deblocking filter process for reducing a block distortion onto the decoded image, extracts information on an encoding mode from the video image stream to determine whether or not inter prediction processes for generating the inter prediction image should be simplified, and simplifies the inter prediction process step-by-step on the basis of the result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Fujisawa, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Yuji Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8625668
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, information processing apparatus which decodes compressed and encoded video stream by software, selectively generates one of intra and inter prediction image on the basis of encoding mode of decoding object from video stream and decoded images thereof, generates a residual error decoded image on the basis of a quantization parameter of decoding object from video stream, generates decoded image by adding intra and inter prediction image selectively generated, and residual error decoded image, applies deblocking filter process for reducing block distortion onto decoded image, extracts at least one of information on a quantization parameter and information on encoding mode of decoding object from video stream, determines whether or not filter process is skipped on the basis of extracted information thereof, and selectively skips filter process on the basis of a result of determination, and selectively switches determination and processing of skip to be valid or invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuro Fujisawa, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Yuji Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8611433
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which includes a video decoding processing to decode a compressed and encoded video image stream by software, selectively generates one of an intra prediction image and an inter prediction image on the basis of an encoding mode of a decoding object from the video stream and a decoded image thereof, generates a residual decoded image based on a quantization parameter of a decoding object from the video stream, generates a decoded image by adding the generated prediction image and the residual decoded image, applies a deblocking filter process, extracts information on an encoding mode from the video image stream to determine whether or not inter prediction processes for generating the inter prediction image should be simplified, simplifies the inter prediction process step-by-step on the basis of the result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Tatsuro Fujisawa, Yuji Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8599935
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a moving image decoding apparatus is applied in a video reproducing apparatus and includes a deblocking filter unit for performing deblocking filtering and a processing load detection unit for detecting an intra-unit processing load including a processing load of a decoder. The moving image decoding apparatus sets a judgment threshold value for judging whether or not to perform the deblocking filtering depending on a load level indicating the level of the magnitude of the intra-unit processing load, judges whether or not a processing parameter obtained from adjacent blocks of a plurality of blocks constituting each frame is greater than the judgment threshold value, and conducts control not to perform the deblocking filtering when the processing parameter is smaller than the judgment threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuji Kawashima, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Tatsuro Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20130260641
    Abstract: There is provided a circumference calculating device including an expected shape specifying part 201b configured to obtain an expected finish shape of a bevel in consideration of an interference amount of a beveling tool when beveling is performed to an uncut spectacle lens; and a theoretical circumference calculating part 201d configured to obtain a bevel circumference of the spectacle lens having the expected finish shape obtained by the expected shape specifying part 201b, as a theoretical circumference of this spectacle lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KIKUCHI