Patents by Inventor Masato Watabe

Masato Watabe 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: 9025816
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a first imaging section configured to image the holding surface of a holding platform on which an object is held from different directions, a recognition section configured to, read out the characteristics of the object image of a object contained in the first imaged image based on each of the first imaged images that are respectively imaged by the first imaging section from different directions and compare the read characteristics with the pre-stored characteristics of each object, thereby recognizing the object corresponding to the object image every first imaged image and a determination section configured to determine the recognition result of the object held on the holding platform based on the recognition result of the object image every first imaged image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidehiro Naito, Masato Watabe, Masahide Ogawa, Shinji Nakatake
  • Publication number: 20130057692
    Abstract: A store system comprises an acquisition section configured to acquire an image picked-up by an image pick-up section, a similarity calculation section configured to calculate a similarity which represents a degree with which the reference image of each commodity is similar to the image of an object picked-up by the image pick-up section, a display control section configured to display the commodity information of the commodity corresponding to the reference image with a high similarity as a commodity candidate executing registration processing on a display section based on the similarity calculated by the similarity calculation section, a selection acceptance section configured to accept the selection to the commodity information displayed on the display section and a processing section configured to process the object picked-up by the image pick-up section as the commodity corresponding to the selected commodity information accepted by the selection acceptance section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiro Naito, Masato Watabe, Masahide Ogawa, Shinji Nakatake
  • Publication number: 20130058530
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a first imaging section configured to image the holding surface of a holding platform on which an object is held from different directions, a recognition section configured to, read out the characteristics of the object image of a object contained in the first imaged image based on each of the first imaged images that are respectively imaged by the first imaging section from different directions and compare the read characteristics with the pre-stored characteristics of each object, thereby recognizing the object corresponding to the object image every first imaged image and a determination section configured to determine the recognition result of the object held on the holding platform based on the recognition result of the object image every first imaged image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiro Naito, Masato Watabe, Masahide Ogawa, Shinji Nakatake
  • Publication number: 20130056286
    Abstract: A self checkout terminal comprises a measurement section configured to measure the weight of a commodity, a shooting section configured to shoot an image, a recognition unit configured to recognize the commodity from the shot image, an extraction unit configured to extract the commodity information satisfying the recognized commodity from a commodity master file storing the commodity information including the weight of the commodity, wherein the commodity information is information satisfying the commodity, a selection unit configured to select the commodity information including a weight approximately the same as the measured weight from the extracted commodity information and a registration unit configured to carry out sales registration on the commodity satisfied by the selected commodity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Watabe, Hidehiro Naito, Hiroyuki Ueda, Shinji Nakatake, Masahide Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130054397
    Abstract: A store system comprises an image output section configured to output an image captured by an image capturing unit, an object recognition section configured to recognize a specific object by reading the characteristic quantity of the output image and a reporting section configured to report that an object other than a commodity subjected to sales registration is recognized in the condition that the recognized object is the object other than the commodity included in a commodity file storing information for the sales registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Nakatake, Hidehiro Naito, Hiroyuki Ueda, Masato Watabe, Masahide Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7143870
    Abstract: A door panel comprises a surface board 11 facing a hoistway, a back board 12 facing a hoistway, and a reinforcing member 13 for reinforcing the surface board 11 and the back board 12 . The back board is connected to the surface board or the reinforcing member by a connecting member 15 which is capable of losing the force of constraint against the surface board or the reinforcing member on high temperature conditions during a fire. This connecting member 15 prevents the door panel of the elevator hall door from being deformed during a building fire, and prevents the elevator hall door from falling, thus preventing smoke and flame from entering the hoistway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Elevator Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Watabe, Hisato Ito
  • Publication number: 20060075708
    Abstract: A door panel comprises a surface board 11 facing a hoistway, a back board 12 facing a hoistway, and a reinforcing member 13 for reinforcing the surface board 11 and the back board 12. The back board is connected to the surface board or the reinforcing member by a connecting member 15 which is capable of losing the force of constraint against the surface board or the reinforcing member on high temperature conditions during a fire. This connecting member 15 prevents the door panel of the elevator hall door from being deformed during a building fire, and prevents the elevator hall door from falling, thus preventing smoke and flame from entering the hoistway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Elevator Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Watabe, Hisato Ito
  • Patent number: 6988592
    Abstract: A door panel includes a surface board facing a hoistway, a back board facing a hoistway, and a reinforcing member for reinforcing the surface board and the back board. The back board is connected to the surface board or the reinforcing member by a connecting member which is capable of losing the force of constraint against the surface board or the reinforcing member on high temperature conditions during a fire. This connecting member prevents the door panel of the elevator hall door from being deformed during a building fire, and prevents the elevator hall door from falling, thus preventing smoke and flame from entering the hoistway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Elevator Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Watabe, Hisato Ito
  • Publication number: 20020139621
    Abstract: A door panel comprises a surface board 11 facing a hoistway, a back board 12 facing a hoistway, and a reinforcing member 13 for reinforcing the surface board 11 and the back board 12. The back board is connected to the surface board or the reinforcing member by a connecting member 15 which is capable of losing the force of constraint against the surface board or the reinforcing member on high temperature conditions during a fire. This connecting member 15 prevents the door panel of the elevator hall door from being deformed during a building fire, and prevents the elevator hall door from falling, thus preventing smoke and flame from entering the hoistway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Masato Watabe, Hisato Ito
  • Patent number: 6362447
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an electrode wire for an electrical discharge machining apparatus, which is low-priced in cost of production, has sufficient conductivity and strength at high temperature and is suited for improving the speed of electrical discharge machining. Cu—Zn alloy covering layer is formed around a core metallic wire formed of Cu—0.02 to 0.2 Zr alloy or Cu—0.15 to 0.25 Sn—0.15 to 0.25 In alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Shimojima, Seigi Aoyama, Hideo Kawano, Koichi Tamura, Takahiro Sato, Takamitsu Kimura, Masato Watabe
  • Publication number: 20010050269
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an electrode wire for an electrical discharge machining apparatus, which is low-priced in cost of production, has sufficient conductivity and strength at high temperature and is suited for improving the speed of electrical discharge machining. Cu—Zn alloy covering layer is formed around a core metallic wire formed of Cu-0.02 to 0.2 Zr alloy or Cu-0.15 to 0.25 Sn-0.15 to 0.25 In alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 1999
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: KIYOSHI SHIMOJIMA, SEIGI AOYAMA, HIDEO KAWANO, KOICHI TAMURA, TAKAHIRO SATO, TAKAMITSU KIMURA, MASATO WATABE
  • Patent number: 6250536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode wire for an electrical discharge machining apparatus, which is composed of a core wire formed of Cu or Cu-alloy and a covering layer formed of brass. A brass tape is longitudinally applied around a core wire to provide a pipe, a seam formed by butting longitudinal edges of the brass tape is continuously welded to provide a composite wire, area-reduction process of reduction rate less than 65% is applied to the brass pipe by means of a squeezing die, a heat treatment at a temperature higher a recrystallization one of brass is applied to the composite pipe, and thereafter the composite wire is processed to be reduced in area through plural reducing dies step by step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Shimojima, Seigi Aoyama, Hideo Kawano, Koichi Tamura, Takahiro Sato, Takamitsu Kimura, Masato Watabe