Patents by Inventor Kaori Nagai

Kaori Nagai 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).

  • Image-generating method and image-generating system
    Patent number: 7215825
    Abstract: An image-generating system for generating data of an image on the basis of data of a photographic image obtained by capturing an image of an object. The image-generating system includes a color sample to be arranged in the proximity of an object, an illumination unit, an image pick-up unit, a color sample specifying unit and an image processing unit. The illumination unit can illuminate the object and the color sample with light lower in light quantity than ordinary light. The image pick-up unit obtains a photographic image by capturing an image of the object together with the color sample illuminated by the illumination unit. The color sample specifying unit specifies the color sample in the photographic image. The image processing unit converts colors of the object in the photographic image, taking the color sample specified by the color sample specifying unit as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignees: Taisei Corporation, Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sugimoto, Kaori Nagai, Satoshi Kusano
  • Moisture separator, and vapor generator
    Patent number: 6810835
    Abstract: A moisture separator 100 includes a plurality of flat frame plates 102 disposed parallel to each other to define a plurality of zigzag passages 101 between the frame plates 102, side walls facing the upstream side of the passages 101 defining entrance openings 120a and 122a of droplet collecting pockets 120 and 122.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Ishiguro, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Yasuhiko Hirao, Hiroshi Hirano, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Tomoyuki Inoue, Kaori Nagai, Junichiro Kodama
  • Moisture separator, and vapor generator
    Publication number: 20040069243
    Abstract: A moisture separator 100 includes a plurality of flat frame plates 102 disposed parallel to each other to define a plurality of zigzag passages 101 between the frame plates 102, side walls facing the upstream side of the passages 101 defining entrance openings 120a and 122a of droplet collecting pockets 120 and 122.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Tatsuo Ishiguro, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Yasuhiko Hirao, Hiroshi Hirano, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Tomoyuki Inoue, Kaori Nagai, Junichiro Kodama
  • Image-generating method and image-generating system
    Publication number: 20030152286
    Abstract: An image-generating system for generating data of an image on the basis of data of a photographic image obtained by capturing an image of an object. The image-generating system includes a color sample to be arranged in the proximity of an object, an illumination unit, an image pick-up unit, a color sample specifying unit and an image processing unit. The illumination unit can illuminate the object and the color sample with light lower in light quantity than ordinary light. The image pick-up unit obtains a photographic image by capturing an image of the object together with the color sample illuminated by the illumination unit. The color sample specifying unit specifies the color sample in the photographic image. The image processing unit converts colors of the object in the photographic image, taking the color sample specified by the color sample specifying unit as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Taisei Corporation and Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sugimoto, Kaori Nagai, Satoshi Kusano