Patents by Inventor Yuki YOSHIKUNI

Yuki YOSHIKUNI 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: 11813740
    Abstract: A camera and a robot system are provided. The camera includes a camera body attached to a tip of a robot arm and a camera unit housed in the camera body. The camera unit has a plurality camera devices that are different in optical characteristics for imaging a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mizusawa, Hiroyuki Ishihara, Yoshihiro Inoue, Shinichi Tsukahara, Tatsuo Kamei, Yuki Yoshikuni
  • Patent number: 11163977
    Abstract: A capturing camera has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a subject including a face of a person riding in a vehicle and a license plate of the vehicle, an image sensor that performs a capturing process based on the light from the subject focused by the lens, and a processor that generates a face image of the person riding in the vehicle and a license plate image of the vehicle, corresponding to a same vehicle, based on a captured image of the subject generated by the capturing process. The processor has the image sensor perform the capturing process using a plurality of capturing conditions at a time of capturing based on the light from the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamada, Yuki Yoshikuni, Toshimasa Funaki, Osamu Nakashima, Masahiro Yamashita, Satoshi Kiyomatsu, Jyouji Wada
  • Patent number: 11050941
    Abstract: A camera device is equipped with at least one imaging unit for imaging a subject, a rotary motor for rotating the imaging unit at a prescribed rotation speed, an output unit for outputting images taken by the imaging unit, and a body which incorporates the imaging unit, the rotary motor, and the output unit. The output unit outputs at least one image, among the images, taken at an imaging position where the imaging unit and the subject are approximately parallel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Wachi, Haruo Kogane, Yuki Yoshikuni, Tetsuya Mizusawa, Hiroyuki Ishihara, Yoshihiro Inoue, Tatsuo Kamei, Seiji Higashiyama, Shinichi Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20200382711
    Abstract: A camera device is equipped with at least one imaging unit for imaging a subject, a rotary motor for rotating the imaging unit at a prescribed rotation speed, an output unit for outputting images taken by the imaging unit, and a body which incorporates the imaging unit, the rotary motor, and the output unit. The output unit outputs at least one image, among the images, taken at an imaging position where the imaging unit and the subject are approximately parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato WACHI, Haruo KOGANE, Yuki YOSHIKUNI, Tetsuya MIZUSAWA, Hiroyuki ISHIHARA, Yoshihiro INOUE, Tatsuo KAMEI, Seiji HIGASHIYAMA, Shinichi TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200376690
    Abstract: A camera and a robot system are provided. The camera includes a camera body attached to a tip of a robot arm and a camera unit housed in the camera body. The camera unit has a plurality camera devices that are different in optical characteristics for imaging a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya MIZUSAWA, Hiroyuki ISHIHARA, Yoshihiro INOUE, Shinichi TSUKAHARA, Tatsuo KAMEI, Yuki YOSHIKUNI
  • Patent number: 10755541
    Abstract: A dome type surveillance camera includes a base, a plurality of cameras, a first connecting section, a plurality of second connecting sections, a hemispherical cover fixed to the base, and a circular rail. The first connecting section is connected on the base and connected with one first camera out of the plurality of cameras. The second connecting sections are connected on the base and connected with each of a plurality of second cameras excluding the first camera out of the plurality of cameras. The cover is disposed to cover the first connecting section, the second connecting sections, and the plurality of cameras. The rail is provided on the base and of which a center is immediately below a top of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kondou, Yuki Yoshikuni, Yu Jojima, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 10614686
    Abstract: A dome type surveillance camera includes a planar base, and a plurality of cameras. Each of the plurality of cameras is connected to the base to be movable along a circumference on the base. The plurality of cameras includes three or more cameras. Each of the plurality of cameras is rotatable in both right and left directions with an imaging direction. The imaging direction is an optical axis direction of each of the plurality of cameras as an axis such that a panoramic image formed by images captured by each of the plurality of cameras is continuous in a horizontal direction when the plurality of cameras are disposed so as to be equidistant to each other on a semicircular arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kondou, Yuki Yoshikuni, Yu Jojima, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20200104566
    Abstract: A capturing camera has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a subject including a face of a person riding in a vehicle and a license plate of the vehicle, an image sensor that performs a capturing process based on the light from the subject focused by the lens, and a processor that generates a face image of the person riding in the vehicle and a license plate image of the vehicle, corresponding to a same vehicle, based on a captured image of the subject generated by the capturing process. The processor has the image sensor perform the capturing process using a plurality of capturing conditions at a time of capturing based on the light from the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki YAMADA, Yuki YOSHIKUNI, Toshimasa FUNAKI, Osamu NAKASHIMA, Masahiro YAMASHITA, Satoshi KIYOMATSU, Jyouji WADA
  • Publication number: 20190287359
    Abstract: A dome type surveillance camera includes a planar base, and a plurality of cameras. Each of the plurality of cameras is connected to the base to be movable along a circumference on the base. The plurality of cameras includes three or more cameras. Each of the plurality of cameras is rotatable in both right and left directions with an imaging direction. The imaging direction is an optical axis direction of each of the plurality of cameras as an axis such that a panoramic image formed by images captured by each of the plurality of cameras is continuous in a horizontal direction when the plurality of cameras are disposed so as to be equidistant to each other on a semicircular arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi KONDOU, Yuki YOSHIKUNI, Yu JOJIMA, Takashi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190287360
    Abstract: A dome type surveillance camera includes a base, a plurality of cameras, a first connecting section, a plurality of second connecting sections, a hemispherical cover fixed to the base, and a circular rail. The first connecting section is connected on the base and connected with one first camera out of the plurality of cameras. The second connecting sections are connected on the base and connected with each of a plurality of second cameras excluding the first camera out of the plurality of cameras. The cover is disposed to cover the first connecting section, the second connecting sections, and the plurality of cameras. The rail is provided on the base and of which a center is immediately below a top of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi KONDOU, Yuki YOSHIKUNI, Yu JOJIMA, Takashi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190266863
    Abstract: A surveillance camera is a dome type surveillance camera and includes a base, a connecting member connected to the base, a plurality of cameras connected to the connecting member such that imaging directions of the cameras move in an elevation angle direction with respect to the base, and a dome type cover fixed to the base so as to cover the connecting member and the plurality of cameras. One camera, out of the plurality of cameras, moves such that the imaging direction of the one camera is aligned with a top of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi KONDOU, Yuki YOSHIKUNI, Yu JOJIMA, Takashi SAITO
  • Patent number: 10388133
    Abstract: A surveillance camera is a dome type surveillance camera and includes a base, a connecting member connected to the base, a plurality of cameras connected to the connecting member such that imaging directions of the cameras move in an elevation angle direction with respect to the base, and a dome type cover fixed to the base so as to cover the connecting member and the plurality of cameras. One camera, out of the plurality of cameras, moves such that the imaging direction of the one camera is aligned with a top of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kondou, Yuki Yoshikuni, Yu Jojima, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 10027858
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera device including: a camera body; a transparent lens cover configured to cover a lens portion of the camera body; and a guard member configured to protect the lens cover from external impact, in which a projecting part is formed in the guard member, and when the camera device is mounted on a target object, the camera device is in a first state in which the lens cover is disposed between the projecting part of the guard member and the target object, or is in a second state in which the projecting part of the guard member is disposed between the lens cover and the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yoshikuni, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Masayoshi Kondou, Soichi Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20160144798
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera device including: a camera body; a transparent lens cover configured to cover a lens portion of the camera body; and a guard member configured to protect the lens cover from external impact, in which a projecting part is formed in the guard member, and when the camera device is mounted on a target object, the camera device is in a first state in which the lens cover is disposed between the projecting part of the guard member and the target object, or is in a second state in which the projecting part of the guard member is disposed between the lens cover and the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki YOSHIKUNI, Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Masayoshi KONDOU, Soichi IKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 8427572
    Abstract: Provided is a camera head capable of further size reduction. A camera head of a camera device is provided with an imaging unit having three image sensors, a flexible substrate connected to the three image sensors, and a chassis in which the imaging unit is accommodated and on which the flexible substrate is mounted. The three image sensors are provided on the upper face side, the rear face side, and the lower face side of the imaging unit, respectively, and the flexible substrate is arranged on the transverse face side of the imaging unit on which the image sensors are not provided in the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Higashiyama, Yuki Yoshikuni
  • Publication number: 20120218466
    Abstract: Provided is a camera head capable of further size reduction. A camera head 3 of a camera device 1 is provided with an imaging unit 2 having three image sensors 14, a flexible substrate 16 connected to the three image sensors 14, and a chassis 8 in which the imaging unit 2 is accommodated and on which the flexible substrate 16 is mounted. The three image sensors 14 are provided on the upper face side, the rear face side, and the lower face side of the imaging unit 2, respectively, and the flexible substrate 16 is arranged on the transverse face side of the imaging unit 2 on which the image sensors 14 are not provided in the chassis 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji HIGASHIYAMA, Yuki YOSHIKUNI