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Masaaki Kikuchi

Masaaki Kikuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100079579IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE HAVING HIGH VISIBILITY - An image generating apparatus includes: a correction unit configured to correct point information indicating correspondence between a plurality of pieces of point information indicating feature points of subjects in an image and a plurality of pieces of distance information of the respective pieces of point information so as to reduce the pieces of distance information belonging to a distance range that is longer than a distance indicated by a specific distance information included in the pieces of distance information; an image information generation unit configured to generate image information for expressing a three-dimensional image based on the point information corrected by the correction unit; and a display unit configured to display the three-dimensional image based on the image information generated by the image information generation unit.04-01-2010
20110074752DISPLAY-MODE CONTROL DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING DISPLAY-MODE CONTROL PROGRAM - A display-mode control device comprises a display-mode controller which acquires picked-up image data representing a picked-up image ahead of a display face of a display unit, specifies, using the acquired picked-up image data and an illumination position specifying a position of illumination in an image set beforehand, brightness of a position corresponding to the illumination position in the picked-up image as brightness of illumination, and controls a display mode based on the specified brightness of the illumination.03-31-2011
20110187886IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, WARNING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image pickup control unit displays either one of a picked-up image by a first image pickup unit and a picked-up image by a second image pickup unit on a display unit as a finder image. A feature detecting unit calculates a distribution of brightness values or brightness dispersion for each of the picked-up images by the first and second image pickup units, thereby detecting features of the two picked-up images. A sameness determining unit determines the sameness between both picked-up images based on the detected features, and determines that an abnormality like the unexpected appearance of an obstacle is present when the feature largely differs. When it is determined that an abnormality is present, a warning processing unit simultaneously displays both picked-up images on the display unit, or displays the picked-up image including the abnormality on the display unit as a finder image.08-04-2011
20110221869IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A finder display processing unit displays a finder image on a finder screen, measures the distance through triangulation from a stereo camera to a part of a subject expressed in a designated region on the finder image, and designates the shortest distance and the farthest distance from the stereo camera to the subject on the basis of the distance acquired through distance measurement. A finder display processing unit specifies as an effective range candidate a range where the imaging ranges of the first imaging unit and a second imaging unit overlap, specifies an effective range candidate at the shortest distance and an effective range candidate at the farthest distance on the first photographed image, and specifies the range where these effective range candidates overlap as the effective range. The finder display processing unit displays on the finder screen information indicating the specified effective range.09-15-2011

Masaaki Kikuchi, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100070235INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A moving context and a moving time of a user are specified by acceleration information while the user is moving. The moving context represents the user's moving status. The acceleration information is measured by an acceleration sensor carried with the user. The moving context and the moving time are stored in time series. The moving context and the moving time between a moving start time and an arrival time are set as a moving pattern. A tag is set to the moving context in the moving pattern. The tag identifies a function to be executed for the moving context. A moving estimation pattern is generated as the moving pattern having the moving context and the moving time specified by acceleration information measured when the user is newly moving. The function identified by the tag is executed, when the moving context set with the tag in the moving estimation pattern coincides with a moving context specified by acceleration information measured while the user is newly moving.03-18-2010
20100217588APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A CONTEXT OF AN OBJECT - Moving information of an object is input, and first sound information around the object is input. A motion status of the object is recognized based on the moving information. Second sound information is selectively extracted from the first sound information, based on the motion status. A first feature quantity is extracted from the second sound information. A plurality of models is stored in a memory. Each model has a second feature quantity and a corresponding specified context. The second feature quantity is previously extracted by the second extraction unit before the first feature quantity is extracted. A present context of the object is decided based on the specified context corresponding to the second feature quantity most similar to the first feature quantity. The present context of the object is output.08-26-2010

Masaaki Kikuchi, Fuchu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080319746KEYWORD OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A keyword analysis device obtains word vectors represented by the documents by analyzing keywords contained in each of documents input in a designated period. A topic cluster extraction device extracts topic clusters belonging to the same topic from a plurality of documents. A keyword extraction device extracts, as a characteristic keyword group, a predetermined number of keywords from the topic cluster in descending order of appearance frequency. A topic structurization determination device determines whether the topic can be structurized, by segmenting the topic cluster into subtopic clusters with reference to the number of documents, the variance of dates contained in the documents, or the C-value of keyword contained in the documents, as a determination criterion. And a keyword presentation device presents the characteristic keyword group in the subtopic cluster upon arranging the keyword group on the basis of the date information.12-25-2008
20090248678INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A document set, and history documents including documents, etc., browsed by a user are input. The document set and the history documents are each analyzed to obtain characteristic vectors. A plurality of topic clusters and a plurality of sub-topic clusters are obtained by clustering the document set. A transition structure showing transitions of topics among the sub-topic clusters is generated, and a characteristic attribute is extracted from each topic cluster and each sub-topic cluster. An cluster-of-interest is extracted in comparison among characteristic vectors of the history documents and a characteristic vector of each document included in the document set, a sub-topic cluster having transition relations with the cluster-of-interest is obtained on the basis of a transition structure owned by the cluster-of-interest, and a document included in the sub-topic cluster is extracted as a recommended document to be presented together with the characteristic attribute.10-01-2009
20090248679INFORMATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - An information device and an information presentation method are disclosed. The neighboring environment in which a device is located or the behavior of the device user is recognized based on sensor data thereby to determine the situation data. The plural object information are acquired in accordance with the situation data. Plural related words related to the plural object information are retrieved from a database and thereby developed. Plural related words are displayed to permit any one of them to be selected. Once one of the related words is selected, the object information is reduced to only the one for the related word, and any one of the object information is displayed in a selectable manner.10-01-2009

Masaaki Kikuchi, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090091058GOLF BALL - The present invention provides a golf ball having excellent rebound characteristics and excellent flight performance, while maintaining good durability and good appearance. The present invention relates to a golf ball comprising a core composed of a center and at least one intermediate layer formed on the center, and a cover covering the. core, and having many dimples on the surface thereof, wherein the outermost layer of the intermediate layer is formed from thermoplastic resin, has a thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 mm, and has depressions on the surface thereof at the position and shape corresponding to the dimples through the cover, and the cover is formed from thermoplastic resin and has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 mm in land portion having no dimple.04-09-2009
20090091060GOLF BALL - The present invention provides a golf ball having excellent rebound characteristics and flight performance, while maintaining good durability and appearance. The present invention relates to a golf ball comprising a center, an intermediate layer and a cover, the intermediate layer comprises an outermost layer and a second layer adjacent to the underside of the outermost layer, and the cover has many dimples on the surface thereof, wherein the second layer is formed from thermoplastic resin and has a thickness of 0.5 to 2.0 mm, the outermost layer is formed from thermosetting or thermoplastic resin and has a thickness of 1 to 100 μm, the intermediate layer has depressions on the surface thereof at the position and shape corresponding to the dimples through the cover, and the cover is formed from thermoplastic resin and has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 mm in land portion having no dimple.04-09-2009

Masaaki Kikuchi, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090088997DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processing system manages data of inspection conditions of a plurality of inspection devices. The system includes a storage device, a computing device, and an input/output device. The storage device stores therein data of master inspection conditions of one of the plurality of inspection devices for use as reference data in data comparison and data of comparison target inspection conditions of one or more of the others of the plurality of inspection devices. The input/output device displays thereon names of the master inspection conditions and names of the comparison target inspection conditions in the form of lists arranged side by side, and concurrently displays thereon one of the master inspection conditions and a selected comparison target inspection condition(s) of a comparison target inspection device(s) in a display mode distinguished from a display mode applied for other inspection conditions.04-02-2009

Masaaki Kikuchi, Akishima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120026409Electronic Device and Remote-Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic device searches video devices connected to a network. The electronic device transmits a predetermined command to an identification-target video device via the network in order to make a user confirm the identification-target video device. The identification-target video device is a device selected by the user from the searched video devices, the predetermined command causing the identification-target video device to execute a predetermined operation. The electronic device transmits a command to a operation-target video device via the network in order to remote-control the operation-target video device. The operation-target video device is a device selected by the user from the searched video devices, the command causing the operation-target video device to execute an operation designated by the user.02-02-2012
20120026411Electronic Apparatus and Method for Assisting in Remote Control - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display controller, a communication module and a determination module. The display controller is configured to display an operation screen, which is used for operating another electronic apparatus, on a display. The communication module is configured to transmit an operation signal, which indicates an operation in accordance with the operation screen, to the another electronic apparatus. The determination module is configured to determine that a function of the another electronic apparatus is activated in response to transmission of the operation signal. The display controller includes an object generation module configured to generate an object representing an operation button for activating a function of the another electronic apparatus with one operation and to arrange the generated object on the operation screen, when the determination module determines that the function is activated through a plurality of operations.02-02-2012

Masaaki Kikuchi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120036144INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an information recommendation device includes following units. The input unit is configured to input a first document and a second document which has been browsed before the first document. The subject-keyword extraction unit is configured to extract first and second subject keywords from the first and second documents, respectively. The interest-keyword extraction unit is configured to extract first interest keywords from the first and second subject keywords, and to extract second interest keywords based on information specifying the first and second documents, the first interest keywords, and the first and second subject keywords. The second interest keywords are estimated to be keywords in which the user is next interested. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire, based on the second interest keywords, recommendation information on third documents which are candidates to be browsed after the first document. The presentation unit presents the recommendation information.02-09-2012