Patents by Inventor Makoto Futami

Makoto Futami 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: 7275005
    Abstract: An inspection system inspects appearances of a plurality of worked products held by a sheet-like inspection target sheet, and includes an image processing station provided at a first location and defect detection stations provided at one or a plurality of second locations away from the first location. The appearance inspection system includes a marking station. The image processing station images each of the worked products held by the inspection target sheet and extracts image-processed data serving as an inspection target. The defect detection station displays on a computer the image-processed data to urge an operator to detect a defect part, and outputs detection result data including position data on the defect part, based on an instruction from the operator. The marking station gives onto the image-processed inspection target sheet a mark representing the defect part, based on the detection result data output by the defect detection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Baba, Makoto Futami, Yuichiro Yotsumoto
  • Publication number: 20040132297
    Abstract: A worked product appearance inspection system inspects appearances of a plurality of worked products held by a sheet-like inspection target sheet, and includes an image processing station provided at a first location and defect detection stations provided at one of or a plurality of second locations away from the first location. The appearance inspection system also includes a marking station provided at the first location. The image processing station images each of the worked products held by the inspection target sheet and extracts image-processed data serving as an inspection target. The defect detection station displays on a computer the image-processed data extracted by the image processing station and serving as the inspection target to urge an operator to detect a defect part, and outputs detection result data including position data on the defect part, based on an instruction from the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Baba, Makoto Futami, Yuichiro Yotsumoto