Patents by Inventor Katsuya Homma

Katsuya Homma 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: 8134465
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the provision of a registration method and a placement assisting apparatus that can accurately register an object into a three-dimensional spatial database. More specifically, the invention provides a registration method for a location information tag, includes the steps of acquiring tag information of the location information tag, acquiring coordinate data that indicates scheduled placement information of the location information tag, acquiring positioning data that indicates placement location information of the location information tag, and registering the location information tag into a three-dimensional spatial database when an error between the coordinate data and the positioning data is within tolerance, and also provides a placement assisting apparatus for use in such a registration method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: PASCO Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko Fujiwara, Katsuya Homma, Hideki Shimamura, Yoichi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20120038764
    Abstract: An image receiving unit receives an image captured by a capturing device at a capturing interval of the predetermined distance. A movement direction acquiring unit acquires a movement direction of the vehicle based on calibration information acquired in advance and the image information. A database generating unit determines whether capturing position information of the image information and setting points of spatial codes are matched with each other. When they are matched with each other, the database generating unit associates the image information and the spatial codes with each other. When they are not matched with each other, a capturing position allocating unit executes a process of allocating the image information between the setting points of the spatial codes, and the database generating unit associates the allocated image information with a position between the spatial codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PASCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Kurosu, Chikakuni Maeda, Toshiaki Sato, Akihiro Morita, Katsuya Homma
  • Publication number: 20090267768
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the provision of a registration method and a placement assisting apparatus that can accurately register an object into a three-dimensional spatial database. More specifically, the invention provides a registration method for a location information tag, includes the steps of acquiring tag information of the location information tag, acquiring coordinate data that indicates scheduled placement information of the location information tag, acquiring positioning data that indicates placement location information of the location information tag, and registering the location information tag into a three-dimensional spatial database when an error between the coordinate data and the positioning data is within tolerance, and also provides a placement assisting apparatus for use in such a registration method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroko Fujiwara, Katsuya Homma, Hideki Shimamura, Yoichi Sugimoto