Patents by Inventor Hajime Shinozaki

Hajime Shinozaki 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: 10810889
    Abstract: A technique for more reliably capturing a lost unmanned aerial vehicle in tracking the unmanned aerial vehicle by a surveying device is provided. A UAV search area setting part is configured to perform arithmetic operation for searching for an unmanned aerial vehicle having mounted therein a location identifying device using a GNSS. The UAV search area setting part includes a measured location obtaining part that obtains information of a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, which is measured by a surveying device, a scheduled flight location obtaining part that obtains information of a scheduled flight location of the unmanned aerial vehicle from a flight plan of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a search area setting part that sets an area for searching for the unmanned aerial vehicle by referring to a difference between the measured location and the scheduled flight location at a specific time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ogawa, Hajime Shinozaki, Nobuyuki Nishita
  • Patent number: 10469754
    Abstract: A position guiding device includes a mobile terminal having an imaging part and display, a position information acquiring part for acquiring current coordinate information and target coordinate information, a direction sensor for acquiring direction information, and a controller to generate a target image. The mobile terminal is attached to a pole so as to position a pole tip within an angle of view. The controller acquires, from the position information acquiring part, current coordinate information representing a position at where the pole tip points, defines a horizontal surface including the pole tip as a measurement surface, generates corrected coordinate information by shifting the target coordinate information to a position on the measurement surface, generates the target image in which a target position marker is put at a position representing the corrected coordinate information in the image obtained by the imaging part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terukazu Nagashima, Hajime Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10302483
    Abstract: The efficiency of the work for measuring electromagnetic waves is increased. A measuring device includes a position information obtaining unit, an electromagnetic wave information obtaining unit, a data storage unit, and a selecting unit. The position information obtaining unit obtains position information of a reflective prism 202, which is measured by a position measuring device 400. The electromagnetic wave information obtaining unit obtains illuminance information measured by an illuminometer 203, which is in the proximity of the reflective prism 202. The data storage unit stores the position information of the reflective prism 202 and the illuminance information in association with each other. The selecting unit compares information of predetermined measurement planned positions with the position information of the reflective prism 202 and selects the illuminance information at a position that has a specific relationship relative to one of the measurement planned positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Nagashima, Hajime Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20180197421
    Abstract: A technique for more reliably capturing a lost unmanned aerial vehicle in tracking the unmanned aerial vehicle by a surveying device is provided. A UAV search area setting part is configured to perform arithmetic operation for searching for an unmanned aerial vehicle having mounted therein a location identifying device using a GNSS. The UAV search area setting part includes a measured location obtaining part that obtains information of a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, which is measured by a surveying device, a scheduled flight location obtaining part that obtains information of a scheduled flight location of the unmanned aerial vehicle from a flight plan of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a search area setting part that sets an area for searching for the unmanned aerial vehicle by referring to a difference between the measured location and the scheduled flight location at a specific time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru OGAWA, Hajime SHINOZAKI, Nobuyuki NISHITA
  • Publication number: 20170115161
    Abstract: The efficiency of the work for measuring electromagnetic waves is increased. A measuring device includes a position information obtaining unit, an electromagnetic wave information obtaining unit, a data storage unit, and a selecting unit. The position information obtaining unit obtains position information of a reflective prism 202, which is measured by a position measuring device 400. The electromagnetic wave information obtaining unit obtains illuminance information measured by an illuminometer 203, which is in the proximity of the reflective prism 202. The data storage unit stores the position information of the reflective prism 202 and the illuminance information in association with each other. The selecting unit compares information of predetermined measurement planned positions with the position information of the reflective prism 202 and selects the illuminance information at a position that has a specific relationship relative to one of the measurement planned positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki NAGASHIMA, Hajime SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170061605
    Abstract: A position guiding device includes a mobile terminal having an imaging part and display, a position information acquiring part for acquiring current coordinate information and target coordinate information, a direction sensor for acquiring direction information, and a controller to generate a target image. The mobile terminal is attached to a pole so as to position a pole tip within an angle of view. The controller acquires, from the position information acquiring part, current coordinate information representing a position at where the pole tip points, defines a horizontal surface including the pole tip as a measurement surface, generates corrected coordinate information by shifting the target coordinate information to a position on the measurement surface, generates the target image in which a target position marker is put at a position representing the corrected coordinate information in the image obtained by the imaging part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Terukazu NAGASHIMA, Hajime SHINOZAKI
  • Patent number: 8310535
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying system, which comprises a surveying device 1 having a function for tracking a target 13 and a remote control device 16 for remotely controlling the surveying device on a target side, wherein the surveying device comprises measuring units 21, 25 and 27, image pickup units 22 and 23, a first radio unit 33, and a first control arithmetic unit 29, and the remote control device comprises a second radio unit 37, a second control arithmetic unit 35, a second display unit 18, and a second operation input unit 20, wherein the surveying device transmits an image data acquired at the image pickup unit to the remote control device via the radio unit, and the remote control device receives the image data via the second radio unit and the second display unit displays the image in inversion display based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Terukazu Nagashima, Hajime Shinozaki, Yoshikatsu Miyao
  • Patent number: 7916279
    Abstract: A measuring system includes a measuring apparatus provided at an already-known point, a plurality of light-receiving apparatuses provided at measured points, and a main calculating apparatus for instructing to the measuring apparatus and to the light-receiving apparatus, the measuring apparatuses including a wireless communication section for communicating a measurement data with the light-receiving apparatus or with the main calculating apparatus, wherein the measurement data includes an angle detected by the emission-direction detecting section and a distance measured by the distance-measuring section, the light-receiving apparatus including a light-receiving side wireless communication section communicating the measurement data of the measured point with the measuring apparatus or with the main calculating section, the main calculating sections including a main memory collecting and storing the measurement data which is measured by the measuring apparatus and by the plurality of light-receiving apparatuses
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Hajime Shinozaki, Kaoru Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20090244277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying system, which comprises a surveying device 1 having a function for tracking a target 13 and a remote control device 16 for remotely controlling the surveying device on a target side, wherein the surveying device comprises measuring units 21, 25 and 27, image pickup units 22 and 23, a first radio unit 33, and a first control arithmetic unit 29, and the remote control device comprises a second radio unit 37, a second control arithmetic unit 35, a second display unit 18, and a second operation input unit 20, wherein the surveying device transmits an image data acquired at the image pickup unit to the remote control device via the radio unit, and the remote control device receives the image data via the second radio unit and the second display unit displays the image in inversion display based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Terukazu Nagashima, Hajime Shinozaki, Yoshikatsu Miyao
  • Publication number: 20090237639
    Abstract: A measuring system includes a measuring apparatus provided at an already-known point, a plurality of light-receiving apparatuses provided at measured points, and a main calculating apparatus for instructing to the measuring apparatus and to the light-receiving apparatus, the measuring apparatuses including a wireless communication section for communicating a measurement data with the light-receiving apparatus or with the main calculating apparatus, wherein the measurement data includes an angle detected by the emission-direction detecting section and a distance measured by the distance-measuring section, the light-receiving apparatus including a light-receiving side wireless communication section communicating the measurement data of the measured point with the measuring apparatus or with the main calculating section, the main calculating sections including a main memory collecting and storing the measurement data which is measured by the measuring apparatus and by the plurality of light-receiving apparatuses
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Hajime Shinozaki, Kaoru Kumagai