Patents by Inventor Hirosada Horiguchi
Hirosada Horiguchi 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).
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Patent number: 11906288Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring method includes: projecting a first grid pattern based on a first light and a first full pattern based on a second light onto a target object, the first light and the second light being lights of two colors included in three primary colors of light; picking up, by a three-color camera, an image of the first grid pattern and the first full pattern projected on the target object, and acquiring a first picked-up image based on the first light and a second picked-up image based on the second light; and calculating height information of the target object, using the first picked-up image, and calculating position information of the target object, using the second picked-up image.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji Narimatsu, Hirosada Horiguchi, Hiroshi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11610324Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring method includes: projecting a first grid pattern based on a first light and a second grid pattern based on a second light onto a target object in such a way that the first grid pattern and the second grid pattern intersect each other, the first light and the second light being lights of two colors included in three primary colors of light; picking up, by a three-color camera, an image of the first grid pattern and the second grid pattern projected on the target object, and acquiring a first picked-up image based on the first light and a second picked-up image based on the second light; and performing a phase analysis of a grid image with respect to at least one of the first picked-up image and the second picked-up image and calculating height information of the target object.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Inventors: Hirosada Horiguchi, Shuji Narimatsu, Hiroshi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20220082373Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring method includes: projecting a first grid pattern based on a first light and a first full pattern based on a second light onto a target object, the first light and the second light being lights of two colors included in three primary colors of light; picking up, by a three-color camera, an image of the first grid pattern and the first full pattern projected on the target object, and acquiring a first picked-up image based on the first light and a second picked-up image based on the second light; and calculating height information of the target object, using the first picked-up image, and calculating position information of the target object, using the second picked-up image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Shuji NARIMATSU, Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20220076435Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring method includes: projecting a first grid pattern based on a first light and a second grid pattern based on a second light onto a target object in such a way that the first grid pattern and the second grid pattern intersect each other, the first light and the second light being lights of two colors included in three primary colors of light; picking up, by a three-color camera, an image of the first grid pattern and the second grid pattern projected on the target object, and acquiring a first picked-up image based on the first light and a second picked-up image based on the second light; and performing a phase analysis of a grid image with respect to at least one of the first picked-up image and the second picked-up image and calculating height information of the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Shuji NARIMATSU, Hiroshi HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 11235469Abstract: A robot controller is a robot controller that couples a three-dimensional measuring device configured to perform three-dimensional measurement of an object using a laser beam and a human detection sensor configured to detect a person based on an image obtained by imaging a detection range including the object, the robot controller including a human detection signal receiver configured to receive, from the human detection sensor, a signal indicating that the person is present within the detection range and a robot arm controller configured to control a robot arm based on the signal. When the human detection signal receiver receives, from the human detection sensor, the signal indicating that the person is present within the detection range, the robot arm controller controls the robot arm to set an emitting direction of the laser beam to a direction different from a direction of the person.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada Horiguchi, Shuichi Wakabayashi, Makiko Hino, Kei Kamakura
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Patent number: 10837759Abstract: A three-dimensional measuring device includes a human detection information receiver for receiving information from a human detection sensor that detects a person present within a detection range, a laser emitter for irradiating a region including the object with the laser beam, a laser emission controller for controlling power of the laser beam irradiated from the laser emitter to first power and second power lower than the first power, an image capturing device for imaging the object, on which the laser beam is irradiated, and acquiring image data, and a point-group-data generator for generating, based on the image data, three-dimensional point group data of a region including the object. When the human detection information receiver receives, from the human detection sensor, first information indicating that a person is absent from the detection range, the laser emission controller controls the power of the laser beam to the first power.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuichi Wakabayashi, Makiko Hino, Hirosada Horiguchi, Daisuke Ishida
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Publication number: 20190389065Abstract: A robot controller is a robot controller that couples a three-dimensional measuring device configured to perform three-dimensional measurement of an object using a laser beam and a human detection sensor configured to detect a person based on an image obtained by imaging a detection range including the object, the robot controller including a human detection signal receiver configured to receive, from the human detection sensor, a signal indicating that the person is present within the detection range and a robot arm controller configured to control a robot arm based on the signal. When the human detection signal receiver receives, from the human detection sensor, the signal indicating that the person is present within the detection range, the robot arm controller controls the robot arm to set an emitting direction of the laser beam to a direction different from a direction of the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Shuichi WAKABAYASHI, Makiko HINO, Kei KAMAKURA
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Publication number: 20190390952Abstract: A three-dimensional measuring device includes a human detection information receiver for receiving information from a human detection sensor that detects a person present within a detection range, a laser emitter for irradiating a region including the object with the laser beam, a laser emission controller for controlling power of the laser beam irradiated from the laser emitter to first power and second power lower than the first power, an image capturing device for imaging the object, on which the laser beam is irradiated, and acquiring image data, and a point-group-data generator for generating, based on the image data, three-dimensional point group data of a region including the object. When the human detection information receiver receives, from the human detection sensor, first information indicating that a person is absent from the detection range, the laser emission controller controls the power of the laser beam to the first power.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Shuichi WAKABAYASHI, Makiko HINO, Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Daisuke ISHIDA
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Patent number: 10009601Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada Horiguchi, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Tadashi Yamada, Keiji Fukuhara
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Patent number: 9918075Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada Horiguchi, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Tadashi Yamada, Keiji Fukuhara
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Patent number: 9854228Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada Horiguchi, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Tadashi Yamada, Keiji Fukuhara
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Patent number: 9843791Abstract: An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel displaying a display image with illumination light emitted from an illumination device; a display control circuit controlling the electro-optic panel to display a right-eye image during a right display period and display a left-eye image during a left display period; a glasses control circuit controlling a right-eye shutter of stereoscopic vision glasses so as to maintain an open state during the right display period, controlling a left-eye shutter of stereoscopic vision glasses so as to maintain an open state during the left display period, and controlling both the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter so as to maintain a close state during a blocking period; and an illumination control circuit controlling the illumination device to vary an intensity of the illumination light in a pulsed shape during the blocking period.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hirosada Horiguchi
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Publication number: 20170180718Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi YOSHIMOTO, Tadashi YAMADA, Keiji FUKUHARA
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Publication number: 20170180715Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi YOSHIMOTO, Tadashi YAMADA, Keiji FUKUHARA
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Publication number: 20170118461Abstract: An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel displaying a display image with illumination light emitted from an illumination device; a display control circuit controlling the electro-optic panel to display a right-eye image during a right display period and display a left-eye image during a left display period; a glasses control circuit controlling a right-eye shutter of stereoscopic vision glasses so as to maintain an open state during the right display period, controlling a left-eye shutter of stereoscopic vision glasses so as to maintain an open state during the left display period, and controlling both the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter so as to maintain a close state during a blocking period; and an illumination control circuit controlling the illumination device to vary an intensity of the illumination light in a pulsed shape during the blocking period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hirosada HORIGUCHI
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Patent number: 9588410Abstract: A projector which includes a light source, liquid crystal light valves, a dimming mechanism, an illumination optical system, a control circuit which determines an input light amount which is caused to be input to the liquid crystal light valve on the basis of an input image signal, outputs an output image signal which is decompressed according to the input light amount, and generates a first control signal which designates a first dimming rate of a high pressure mercury lamp and a second control signal which designates a second dimming rate of the dimming mechanism based on the input light amount, an illumination driving circuit which drives the light source on the basis of the first control signal, and a douser driving circuit which drives the douser on the basis of the second control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada Horiguchi, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Tadashi Yamada
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Patent number: 9591294Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada Horiguchi, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Tadashi Yamada, Keiji Fukuhara
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Patent number: 9577794Abstract: An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel displaying a display image with illumination light emitted from an illumination device; a display control circuit controlling the electro-optic panel to display a right-eye image during a right display period and display a left-eye image during a left display period; a glasses control circuit controlling a right-eye shutter of stereoscopic vision glasses so as to maintain an open state during the right display period, controlling a left-eye shutter of stereoscopic vision glasses so as to maintain an open state during the left display period, and controlling both the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter so as to maintain a close state during a blocking period; and an illumination control circuit controlling the illumination device to vary an intensity of the illumination light in a pulsed shape during the blocking period.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hirosada Horiguchi
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Publication number: 20170019662Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi YOSHIMOTO, Tadashi YAMADA, Keiji FUKUHARA
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Publication number: 20160165224Abstract: A projector includes a lamp that emits projection light to project 3D picture, in which a right eye image and a left eye image are represented in a time division manner, to an object, a synchronization signal transmission section which transmits shutter synchronization signal to glasses having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter to control the opened state or the closed state of the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the signal indicating a displaying period of the right eye image and the left eye image of 3D picture, and a lamp drive section that supplies AC current having peak overlapping with a period when the right eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state and peak overlapping with a period when the left eye shutter of the glasses is in the opened state to the lamp, based on the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Hirosada HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi YOSHIMOTO, Tadashi YAMADA, Keiji FUKUHARA