Patents Assigned to Chuo Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20120168625
    Abstract: A millimeter wave imaging sensor includes a plurality of millimeter wave sensors disposed on one plane intersecting an incoming direction of millimeter waves emitted from a subject. Each of the plurality of millimeter wave sensors includes an antenna portion, a wave detection unit, a transmission path, and a shielding member. Adjacent millimeter wave sensors, among the plurality of millimeter wave sensors, are positioned according to outer peripheral shape of the shielding members of the adjacent millimeter wave sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: MASPRODENKOH KABUSHIKIKAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, CHUO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jun Uemura, Masamune Takeda, Kota Yamada, Junichi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Haruyuki Hirai, Hirotaka Niikura, Tomohiko Matsuzaki, Hiroyasu Sato, Kunio Sawaya, Koji Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20120075479
    Abstract: There is provided a millimeter wave imaging apparatus including: a lens antenna forming a subject image based on the millimeter waves from a subject; a line sensor including a plurality of millimeter wave sensors and capturing an image for one line of a predetermined width of the whole subject; a reflector having a reflecting surface reflecting millimeter waves; a reflection angle change device changing an angle of the reflecting surface; an image generation device generating an image of the whole subject from the respective subject images for one line; a millimeter wave radiation unit radiating a reference millimeter wave; a correction value setting device setting correction values with respect to the detected values by the millimeter wave sensors based on the millimeter wave from the millimeter wave radiation unit; and a detected value correction device correcting the detected values by the millimeter wave sensors with the correction values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: MASPRODENKOH KABUSHIKIKAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, CHUO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jun Uemura, Masamune Takeda, Kota Yamada, Junichi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Haruyuki Hirai, Hirotaka Niikura, Tomohiko Matsuzaki, Hiroyasu Sato, Kunio Sawaya, Koji Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20110260905
    Abstract: A millimeter wave imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device including a plurality of millimeter wave sensors that are arranged in a planar manner and receive millimeter waves radiated from a subject to detect signal levels thereof; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the imaging device; a storage device that stores, with respect to the each of the millimeter wave sensors, temperature characteristics data indicating a relationship between the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the output from the millimeter wave sensor; and an image data generation device that obtains a deviation of an output from the each of the millimeter wave sensors from reference temperature characteristics based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the temperature characteristics data stored by the storage device, corrects the output from the each of the millimeter wave sensors based on the deviation, and thereby generates the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicants: MASPRODENKOH KABUSHIKIKAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, CHUO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Uemura, Masamune Takeda, Kota Yamada, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Haruyuki Hirai, Hirotaka Niikura, Tomohiko Matsuzaki, Hiroyasu Sato, Kunio Sawaya, Koji Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20110234783
    Abstract: A millimeter wave imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device provided with a millimeter wave sensor that receives millimeter waves radiated from a subject; an image data generation device that generates image data of the subject based on an output from the millimeter wave sensor constituting the imaging device; a storage device that stores inspection target object data indicating, with respect to each object to be an inspection target object, a shape of the object and a size of the object relative to the subject; a detection device that compares the inspection target object data stored by the storage device and the image data generated by the image data generation device, thereby to detect an inspection target object hidden in the subject; and an output device that outputs results of detection by the detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: MASPRODENKOH KABUSHIKIKAISHA, CHUO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun Uemura, Masamune Takeda, Junichi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Haruyuki Hirai, Hirotaka Niikura, Tomohiko Matsuzaki, Hiroyasu Sato, Kunio Sawaya, Koji Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20110163876
    Abstract: A millimeter wave imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device having a plurality of millimeter wave sensors that are arranged in a planar manner and receive millimeter waves radiated from a subject to detect signal levels thereof; an image data generation device that generates image data of the subject based on an output from each of the millimeter wave sensors constituting the imaging device; and a case that has a placement surface on which the subject can be placed and which permits transmission of the millimeter waves. The imaging device is arranged below the placement surface of the case, so that the millimeter waves, which are radiated from a bottom part of the subject placed on the placement surface of the case, are received by the plurality of millimeter wave sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicants: MASPRODENKOH KABUSHIKIKAISHA, CHUO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun Uemura, Masamune Takeda, Junichi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Haruyuki Hirai, Hirotaka Niikura, Tomohiko Matsuzaki, Hiroyasu Sato, Kunio Sawaya, Koji Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20070268369
    Abstract: An automatic imaging method is provided that selects and images one target in a monitoring environment where multiple target candidates exist on input video images. The method acquires tracking video images of a target by steps of: estimating, for each block obtained by dividing an imaging region of input video image I, whether a part or all of an object to be tracked and imaged appears in the block, and extracting set of blocks P in which the object is estimated to appear; presetting N number of regions Si (i=1, 2, 3 . . . N) of arbitrary shape on an imaging region of input video image I, together with priorities pi (i=1, 2, 3 . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Chuo Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shisai Amano, Yoshinori Sashikawa, Mizuo Tsukidate, Hisayo Sashik'awa
  • Patent number: 4943854
    Abstract: The multi-video recorder incorporates a multiplexing means permitting selection of the video signal from each of plurality of TV cameras according to a predetermined importance or priority and a priority changed due to occurrence of a new event and transmission of the video image thus selected over a single line and recording it by a single video tape recorder by time shared multiplexing the video signal at every frame, field or unit of time. It also can reproduce or demultiplex the video signal recorded as multiplexed, with each designated TV camera or by sequentially selecting the video signal from each TV camera. The system also has a means for inserting in said time shared multiplexed video signal a control signal such as select information, event information, time information or the like, so it can selectively demultiplex the video signals recorded as multiplexed, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Chuo Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo Shiota, Soji Takeuchi