Patents by Inventor Kei Suzuki

Kei Suzuki 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: 10485419
    Abstract: An optical imaging apparatus includes a splitting unit configured to split return light, obtained by applying measurement light from a light source to an object to be examined via a measurement optical path, into a plurality of beams, a light receiving unit configured to measure intensities of the beams, a changing unit configured to change a ratio of signal components of as an image to be displayed based on the measured intensities of the beams, an angle specifying unit configured to specify an angle, and a generating unit configured to generate an image by calculation using the changed ratio of the signal components. The ratio of signal components of an image to be displayed based on intensities of beams is changed in accordance with information about a specified angle to generate an image of an object such that the direction of edge enhancement on the object is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sato, Futoshi Hirose, Kohei Takeno, Kaishi Ohashi, Kei Suzuki, Shoichi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20190302765
    Abstract: A control system for a movable body is mountable on the movable body. The control system includes controllers and a detector. The controllers are configured to control functional systems of the movable body. The detector is configured to detect a movement situation of the movable body. Priorities corresponding to movement situations of the movable body are in advance assigned to each of the plurality of functional systems. When at least one of the plurality of controllers malfunctions, control resources of normal controllers, among the plurality of controllers, which do not malfunction are preferentially distributed to one or more of the functional systems having a high priority according to the movement situation of the movable body at that time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei SUZUKI, Masahito HAYAKAWA, Masato OGURA, Yuichi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190300156
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a plurality of control targets, avionics devices and a control switch unit. The control targets each includes a power line communication unit configured to perform communication via a power line. The avionics devices are respectively connected with the control targets via exclusive-use signal lines. The avionics devices are configured to control the control targets via the signal lines. The avionics devices each includes a PLC unit configured to perform communication via the power line. The control switch unit is configured to, when an abnormality occurs in any of the avionics devices, cause another one of the avionics devices to control the control target which has been controlled by the any of the avionics devices, via the power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei SUZUKI, Iwao MURATA, Yuichi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190236472
    Abstract: A manufacturing assistance apparatus includes a learning unit and an estimator. The learning unit is configured to load a plurality of pieces of actual measurement data in each of which a gap and a plurality of parameters are associated with each other, and construct an estimation model on the basis of machine learning in which the plurality of pieces of actual measurement data serve as teacher data. The gap is provided between a first workpiece and a second workpiece that eventually structure an airframe of an aircraft and that are eventually fastened to each other. The estimation model estimates the gap from the plurality of parameters. The estimator is configured to derive an estimation value of a length of the gap on which measurement has not yet been performed, on the basis of the estimation model constructed by the learning unit and the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshimasa KOBAYASHI, Marosuke KIKUCHI, Yoichi SATO, Yuki MATSUDA, Toshimichi OGISU, Daisuke HIRABAYASHI, Kei SUZUKI, Toru ONISHI, Haruka MIYANISHI
  • Publication number: 20190193867
    Abstract: A lightning current controlling method includes adjusting surface roughness of a surface of an aircraft body of an aircraft, a charged amount of the surface of the aircraft body of the aircraft, or both, to cause a passing path of a lightning current to be controlled when the aircraft is struck by lightning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori SATO, Kei SUZUKI, Masato OGURA
  • Publication number: 20190196316
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes: a projector; a projection control apparatus; and a color tone sensor. The projector projects an image. The projection control apparatus causes the projector to perform a projection on a surface of a target serving as a projection target. The color tone sensor detects a color tone of the surface of the target on which an image is projected. The projection control apparatus adjusts a color tone of an image to be projected on a basis of a detection result of the color tone sensor such that the color tone detected by the color tone sensor has a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei SUZUKI, Iwao MURATA, Yuichi NAGAI, Yasunori SHIBAO, Marosuke KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190199983
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes: a projector; and a projection control apparatus. The projector projects an image. The projection control apparatus causes the projector to project a processing information regarding a processing or an assembly information regarding an assembly performed for a target to be manufactured on a surface of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei SUZUKI, Iwao MURATA, Yuichi NAGAI, Yasunori SHIBAO, Marosuke KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190196306
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes: a projector; and a projection control apparatus. The projector projects an image. The projection control apparatus causes the projector to project an information indicating a border of a painting applied to a surface of a target to be manufactured on the surface of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei SUZUKI, Marosuke KIKUCHI, Iwao MURATA, Yuichi NAGAI, Yasunori SHIBAO
  • Publication number: 20190163428
    Abstract: A manufacturing assistance apparatus includes a display, an imaging device, a completion determining unit, and a display controller. The display is configured to display operation information that is related to any of operation processes of a workpiece. The imaging device is configured to perform imaging of the workpiece, and output image data obtained by the imaging. The completion determining unit is configured to determine whether current one of the operation processes is completed, on a basis of the image data outputted from the imaging device. The display controller is configured to cause, when the current one of the operation processes is determined by the completion determining unit as being completed, the display to display the operation information that is related to subsequent one of the operation processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori SHIBAO, Yuichi NAGAI, Iwao MURATA, Marosuke KIKUCHI, Kei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190137726
    Abstract: A lens barrel moves a plurality of lens groups efficiently in an optical axis direction while inhibiting size of the lens barrel from increasing. The lens barrel comprises a plurality of holding members respectively holding optical components, respectively provided with cam followers, and supported movably in optical axis direction, a cam cylinder having cam grooves engaged with the cam followers, and held rotatably around an axis parallel to an optical axis, and a driving unit configured to drive one holding member out of the plurality in the optical axis direction. By driving the one holding member being in the optical axis direction, the cam cylinder rotates, and another holding member out of the plurality is driven in the optical axis direction. The driving unit includes a vibration-type linear actuator configured to generate thrust force to drive the one holding member by an elliptical vibration generated in a vibrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Kei Suzuki, Daisuke Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20190064473
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a cam cylinder rotatable around an axis parallel to an optical axis of a lens unit, the cam cylinder having a first cam groove and a second cam groove, a lens holding frame that includes a first cam follower engaged with the first cam groove, a moving member that includes a second cam follower engaged with the second cam groove, a forcing member configured to apply a force the first lens holding frame and the moving member in different directions in an optical axis direction. The first cam groove and the second cam groove are formed so as to cancel out a rotating force of the cam cylinder caused by the force of the forcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Kei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170196450
    Abstract: An optical imaging apparatus includes a splitting unit configured to split return light, obtained by applying measurement light from a light source to an object to be examined via a measurement optical path, into a plurality of beams, a light receiving unit configured to measure intensities of the beams, a changing unit configured to change a ratio of signal components of as an image to be displayed based on the measured intensities of the beams, an angle specifying unit configured to specify an angle, and a generating unit configured to generate an image by calculation using the changed ratio of the signal components. The ratio of signal components of an image to be displayed based on intensities of beams is changed in accordance with information about a specified angle to generate an image of an object such that the direction of edge enhancement on the object is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sato, Futoshi Hirose, Kohei Takeno, Kaishi Ohashi, Kei Suzuki, Shoichi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9687146
    Abstract: An adaptive optical apparatus includes: a correction unit configured to correct a wavefront aberration of an eye to be examined; a detection unit configured to detect that an eyelid of the eye to be examined is closed or the eyelid of the eye to be examined is open, by using return light from the eye to be examined irradiated by measurement light; and a control unit configured to control the correction unit according to a detection result from the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9429414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus having a simple configuration capable of correctly detecting malfunction of an OCT apparatus by detecting the states of a light source and a sensor. An image pickup apparatus includes a switching unit that switches between a first mode in which a combined light beam of a return light beam from a specimen and a reference light beam is detectable by a detecting unit and a second mode in which the reference light beam is detectable by the detecting unit. The image pickup apparatus is switchable to the first mode on the basis of an intensity of the reference light beam detected by the detecting unit in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhito Suehira, Kazuro Yamada, Norihiko Utsunomiya, Takashi Naba, Ryoji Kurosaka, Kei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160171786
    Abstract: A fare refund system includes a standard movement pattern generation unit that collects a movement log of a passenger utilizing a transport facility and generates a standard movement pattern of the passenger based on a normal-time movement log of the transport facility in the collected movement log; a transport failure information acquisition unit that acquires information about a failure influenced area and time band associated with a transport failure; an influence presence/absence determination unit that determines the presence or absence of an influenced movement log in the collected movement log; a loss degree calculation unit that calculates the degree of loss for the passenger based on a difference between the standard movement pattern and the influenced movement log when it is determined by the influence presence/absence determination unit that there is the influenced movement log; and a refund unit that pays a refund fare corresponding to the calculated loss degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Rieko OTSUKA, Kei SUZUKI, Koji ARA
  • Patent number: 9271642
    Abstract: An ophthalmology apparatus includes: an aberration measuring unit configured to measure an aberration of an eye to be examined on the basis of returned light from the eye to be examined irradiated with measurement light, and a change unit configured to change a size of an irradiating area in the aberration measurement unit to be irradiated with the returned light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150051948
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for extracting a user behavior pattern from history data accumulating personal behaviors, and enabling exhaustive and efficient analysis of a user behavior tendency or features from various aspects, such as location and time, using the pattern. A behavioral characteristics analysis device according to the present invention expresses a behavior pattern by scene vectors describing behaviors of a set of persons as scene values in each time band, extracts a life pattern included in all of the set of persons by clustering the scene vectors, and performs classification based on to which life pattern each person belongs (see FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiko Aizono, Kei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140168604
    Abstract: An ophthalmology apparatus includes: an aberration measuring unit configured to measure an aberration of an eye to be examined on the basis of returned light from the eye to be examined irradiated with measurement light, and a change unit configured to change a size of an irradiating area in the aberration measurement unit to be irradiated with the returned light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140146286
    Abstract: An adaptive optical apparatus includes: a correction unit configured to correct a wavefront aberration of an eye to be examined; a detection unit configured to detect that an eyelid of the eye to be examined is closed or the eyelid of the eye to be examined is open, by using return light from the eye to be examined irradiated by measurement light; and a control unit configured to control the correction unit according to a detection result from the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kei Suzuki
  • Patent number: D879950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ASAHI POLYSLIDER COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokazu Imori, Ko Isozaki, Kei Suzuki