Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Niikura

Hirotaka Niikura 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).

  • Publication number: 20230367430
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of further improving operability. A virtual touch panel surface that does not actually exist is set in a space in front of a display surface of a display. Then, a touch operation on the virtual touch panel surface performed by a user is detected on the basis of position information of a specific site of a body used by the user for the touch operation on the virtual touch panel surface, and processing corresponding to the detected touch operation is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAFUMI ASAHARA, GOSHI WATANABE, TAKAKI UENO, KAZUYUKI OKUIKE, SATOMI KAWASE, SUGURU KOBAYASHI, NORIBUMI SHIBAYAMA, HIROTAKA NIIKURA, JUNYA MIZUTANI, TOSHIHISA MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20230353893
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing system that enable accurate detection of a droplet from a dispenser. The information processing apparatus includes: an event sensor including a pixel configured to photoelectrically convert an optical signal and output a pixel signal, the event sensor being configured to output a temporal luminance change of the optical signal as an event signal on the basis of the pixel signal; and a processor configured to detect a droplet injected from the dispenser on the basis of the event signal. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a dispenser control system that controls a dispenser, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotaka Niikura, Yoshitaka Miyatani, Atsutake Kosuge, Daiki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20230319437
    Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress a decrease in the accuracy of inspection, recognition, and the like of an object. An information processing apparatus according to embodiments includes a processing unit (202) that generates image data on the basis of event data output from a first sensor (100) including a pixel array unit (101) in which multiple pixels (20) that each detect a luminance change of incident light and output event data are arranged in a two-dimensional lattice pattern. In the information processing apparatus, the processing unit generates first image data of a current frame by using event data detected during an integration period including an overlap period that overlaps with at least a part of a frame period of a previous frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Toshihiro Miyabe, Hirotaka Niikura, Yoshitaka Miyantani, Hideyuki Kawashima
  • 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