Patents by Inventor Akira KOZAKAI

Akira KOZAKAI 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: 10410336
    Abstract: An inspection device includes: an irradiation unit irradiating an inspection target with light by causing a predetermined position within a display screen to emit light; a captured image acquisition unit acquiring a captured image obtained by imaging the inspection target; a calculation unit calculating coordinates in the display screen corresponding to coordinates in the captured image on the basis of light emission position coordinate information and light reception position coordinate information indicating coordinates of a light emission position and a light reception position; and an inspection pattern creation unit creating an inspection pattern which is displayed on the display screen so that first patterns and second patterns are alternately arranged in the captured image and which is used to inspect presence a defect on a surface of the inspection target, on the basis of a calculation result of the calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Munehiro Takayama, Akira Kozakai, Masataka Toda, Yukio Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20170309013
    Abstract: An inspection device includes: an irradiation unit irradiating an inspection target with light by causing a predetermined position within a display screen to emit light; a captured image acquisition unit acquiring a captured image obtained by imaging the inspection target; a calculation unit calculating coordinates in the display screen corresponding to coordinates in the captured image on the basis of light emission position coordinate information and light reception position coordinate information indicating coordinates of a light emission position and a light reception position; and an inspection pattern creation unit creating an inspection pattern which is displayed on the display screen so that first patterns and second patterns are alternately arranged in the captured image and which is used to inspect presence a defect on a surface of the inspection target, on the basis of a calculation result of the calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Munehiro TAKAYAMA, Akira KOZAKAI, Masataka TODA, Yukio ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110193952
    Abstract: A defect detection apparatus, detecting a defect on an inspection surface of an inspection object, includes a table including a table surface, a lighting device emitting a light to the inspection surface, an image capturing device capturing an image of the inspection surface, a displacement mechanism changing a direction of at least of one of a relative direction of an optical axis of the lighting device relative to the table surface and a relative direction of an optical axis of the image capturing device relative to the table surface, an image data obtaining portion obtaining an image data from images captured by the image capturing device while changing the relative direction, a feature extracting portion extracting a feature representing a reflection characteristic of the inspection surface from the image data, and a defect specification portion specifying a type of the defect on the inspection surface based on the extracted feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira KOZAKAI, Masataka Toda, Koji Kuno