Patents by Inventor Yugo ISHIKAWA
Yugo ISHIKAWA 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: 20240289991Abstract: A coding device includes: a target point data acquisition unit configured to acquire target point attribute data indicating an attribute of a target point that is included in point cloud data and is a target of processing of predicting a position; and a target point position data coding unit configured to generate a target point position bit stream indicating the position of the target point by coding target point position data indicating the position of the target point based on the target point attribute data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: YUGO ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 12032098Abstract: An accuracy of detection of a road surface or the like is improved even in a state where a peak power of reflected light is low. A sensor control device is configured to be mounted in a vehicle capable of acquiring a current location and configured to control a LiDAR-having a light source which emits light to a predetermined region and a light receiving element which receives reflected light of the emitted light, and the sensor control device includes an adjustment unit which acquires map information and adjusts a light receiving level of a light receiving signal of the light receiving element. The adjustment unit determines, based on the map information, a region for which the light receiving level with respect to the light receiving signal is to be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Itaru Takemura, Makoto Matsumaru, Hiroshi Nagata, Yugo Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11144747Abstract: Provided is a 3D data generating device and the like capable of generating 3D data having a small data size. When generating three-dimensional (3D) data in which a predetermined space is expressed by a plurality of cuboids obtained by partitioning the predetermined space, a position in the height direction for partitioning the predetermined space is decided on the basis of heights corresponding to predetermined objects, and the predetermined space is partitioned at the decided position in the height direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Matsumaru, Yugo Ishikawa, Hiroshi Nagata, Itaru Takemura
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Publication number: 20210048514Abstract: An accuracy of detection of a road surface or the like is improved even in a state where a peak power of reflected light is low. A sensor control device is configured to be mounted in a vehicle capable of acquiring a current location and configured to control a LiDAR-having a light source which emits light to a predetermined region and a light receiving element which receives reflected light of the emitted light, and the sensor control device includes an adjustment unit which acquires map information and adjusts a light receiving level of a light receiving signal of the light receiving element. The adjustment unit determines, based on the map information, a region for which the light receiving level with respect to the light receiving signal is to be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Itaru TAKEMURA, Makoto MATSUMARU, Hiroshi NAGATA, Yugo ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200250399Abstract: Provided is a 3D data generating device and the like capable of generating 3D data having a small data size. When generating three-dimensional (3D) data in which a predetermined space is expressed by a plurality of cuboids obtained by partitioning the predetermined space, a position in the height direction for partitioning the predetermined space is decided on the basis of heights corresponding to predetermined objects, and the predetermined space is partitioned at the decided position in the height direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Makoto MATSUMARU, Yugo ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi NAGATA, Itaru TAKEMURA
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Patent number: 10377129Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects ink droplets onto a surface of a printing medium (paper roll), a carriage on which the ejecting head is mounted, a platen that faces the ejecting head and supports the printing medium, a detector plate provided in the carriage and is displaced in accordance with an external force applied in response to contact with the printing medium, and an encoder that measures a displacement amount of the detector plate and outputs an output value corresponding to the displacement amount.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yugo Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10155404Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a discharging unit configured to discharge ink on a medium; a drive circuit configured to drive the discharging unit; a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction X while supporting the discharging unit and the drive circuit; and a blowing unit capable of blowing air toward the drive circuit supported on the carriage. The carriage includes a shielding member that partitions a discharging unit housing room from a drive circuit housing room. The discharging unit is disposed in the discharging unit housing room, and the drive circuit is disposed in the drive circuit housing room.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yugo Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10081176Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus enhances a detection accuracy of a contact state when a recording medium and a liquid discharging unit come into contact, and suppresses contact between the recording medium and the liquid discharging unit, which may cause damage. The liquid discharging apparatus includes a transport unit, a liquid discharging unit, a skirt provided to the liquid discharging unit in a position that faces the recording medium transported to the recording region, a piezoelectric film sensor adhered to an adhering surface of the skirt and configured to generate an output in accordance with a degree of deformation of the adhering surface, and a control unit configured to control the liquid discharging unit and/or the transport unit on the basis of the output of the piezoelectric film sensor. The adhering surface of the skirt includes a slit formed around the periphery thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Junya Kato, Yugo Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10061995Abstract: An imaging system (CM, 100) is provided with: an imaging device (CM) configured to selectively image a first imaging area and a second imaging area, which is larger than the first imaging area, the first imaging area being used to detect eyes of a user (1), the second imaging area being used to detect a body of the user; a detecting device (110, 120, 160) configured to detect trigger operation of the user; and a selecting device (13) configured to select the first imaging area or the second imaging area on the basis of a detection result of the trigger operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Makoto Kurahashi, Yugo Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20180215142Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects ink droplets onto a surface of a printing medium (paper roll), a carriage on which the ejecting head is mounted, a platen that faces the ejecting head and supports the printing medium, a detector plate provided in the carriage and is displaced in accordance with an external force applied in response to contact with the printing medium, and an encoder that measures a displacement amount of the detector plate and outputs an output value corresponding to the displacement amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: Yugo ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170355207Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a discharging unit configured to discharge ink on a medium; a drive circuit configured to drive the discharging unit; a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction X while supporting the discharging unit and the drive circuit; and a blowing unit capable of blowing air toward the drive circuit supported on the carriage. The carriage includes a shielding member that partitions a discharging unit housing room from a drive circuit housing room. The discharging unit is disposed in the discharging unit housing room, and the drive circuit is disposed in the drive circuit housing room.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventor: Yugo ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170341373Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus enhances a detection accuracy of a contact state when a recording medium and a liquid discharging unit come into contact, and suppresses contact between the recording medium and the liquid discharging unit, which may cause damage. The liquid discharging apparatus includes a transport unit, a liquid discharging unit, a skirt provided to the liquid discharging unit in a position that faces the recording medium transported to the recording region, a piezoelectric film sensor adhered to an adhering surface of the skirt and configured to generate an output in accordance with a degree of deformation of the adhering surface, and a control unit configured to control the liquid discharging unit and/or the transport unit on the basis of the output of the piezoelectric film sensor. The adhering surface of the skirt includes a slit formed around the periphery thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Junya KATO, Yugo ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9744786Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus is provided with a liquid discharging section that discharges a liquid onto a medium, and a transport section that transports the medium, and a piezoelectric film sensor is provided in the liquid discharging section. Due to a liquid discharging apparatus having such a configuration, it is possible to suppress a circumstance in which at least one of the medium and the liquid discharging section become damaged due to contact between the medium and the liquid discharging section.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Junya Kato, Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Yugo Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20170028754Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus is provided with a liquid discharging section that discharges a liquid onto a medium, and a transport section that transports the medium, and a piezoelectric film sensor is provided in the liquid discharging section. Due to a liquid discharging apparatus having such a configuration, it is possible to suppress a circumstance in which at least one of the medium and the liquid discharging section become damaged due to contact between the medium and the liquid discharging section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Junya Kato, Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Yugo Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20160171320Abstract: An imaging system (CM, 100) is provided with: an imaging device (CM) configured to selectively image a first imaging area and a second imaging area, which is larger than the first imaging area, the first imaging area being used to detect eyes of a user (1), the second imaging area being used to detect a body of the user; a detecting device (110, 120, 160) configured to detect trigger operation of the user; and a selecting device (13) configured to select the first imaging area or the second imaging area on the basis of a detection result of the trigger operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Makoto KURAHASHI, Yugo ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20160089980Abstract: A display control apparatus configured to control a display state of display objects on a display screen, is provided with: a detecting device configured to detect a trigger operation of a user and a gaze area of the user on the display screen, on the basis of an imaging result of an imaging device that images the user; a determining device configured to determine specified display objects corresponding to the detected trigger operation or the detected gaze area from among a plurality of display objects displayed on the display screen in a first display state; and a controlling device configured to control the display state to be a second display state in which the display state of the determined specified display objects is different from that in the first display state if the trigger operation is detected in the first display state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Makoto KURAHASHI, Akira GOTODA, Yugo ISHIKAWA