Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Uchida
Kazuhiro Uchida 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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Publication number: 20190020820Abstract: An information processing apparatus, including circuitry configured to transmit a start instruction to a first camera apparatus and a second camera apparatus. The start instruction causes the first camera apparatus to start incrementing a first counter and the second camera apparatus to start incrementing a second counter for a video recording time period. The circuitry receives, from the first camera apparatus, a first recording-start frame identifier that indicates a value of the first counter and a second recording-end frame identifier that indicates the value of the second counter. The circuitry receives, from the second camera apparatus, a first recording-start frame identifier that identifies a value of the second counter and a second recording-end frame identifier that identifies the value of the second counter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo KANEKO, Yasuhiro IIZUKA, Shinnosuke USAMI, Kazuhiro UCHIDA, Shigeo NAKATSUKA
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Publication number: 20180324383Abstract: A multi-camera system, including a first camera apparatus, and second camera apparatus, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface, and processing circuitry that receives a predetermined request from a user while the first camera apparatus captures a first video and the second camera apparatus captures a second video. The processing circuitry, in response to the predetermined request, transmits a first control signal to the first camera apparatus that causes the first camera apparatus to generate a first thumbnail of a frame of the first video, and transmits a second control signal to the second camera apparatus that causes the second camera apparatus to generate a second thumbnail of a frame of the second video. The processing circuitry receives the first thumbnail from the first camera apparatus and the second thumbnail from the second camera apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo KANEKO, Yasuhiro IIZUKA, Kazuhiro UCHIDA, Shigeo NAKATSUKA, Shinnosuke USAMI
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Publication number: 20180324475Abstract: A usage amount of a network bandwidth is kept small such that the network bandwidth is utilized. Data items of images captured by imaging with a plurality of cameras in a manner that adjacent ones of the captured images overlap with each other are stored into a storage unit. Cutting-out-target-region information items for a predetermined number of cameras selected from the plurality of cameras are received from an external device via a network. On the basis of the cutting-out-target-region information items for the predetermined number of cameras, data items of images of cutting-out-target regions are cut out from corresponding ones of the data items of the images captured by the plurality of cameras, the data items of the captured images being stored in the storage unit, and are transmitted to the external device via the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: SHINNOSUKE USAMI, TETSUO KANEKO, YASUHIRO IIZUKA, KAZUHIRO UCHIDA, SHIGEO NAKATSUKA
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Patent number: 9938602Abstract: A method of producing a metal pipe which can suppress quenching defects is provided. In the method, a bend of the metal pipe is straightened by a straightening machine 10. Next, both pipe end portions of the metal pipe whose bend has been straightened are cut off by a pipe cutting apparatus 20. Next, a plurality of the metal pipes whose both pipe end portions have been cut off are aligned in the axial direction thereof to be conveyed to a quenching apparatus 30, and the metal pipes are quenched by being cooled after being heated by induction heating.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi Otsuka, Kazuhiro Uchida, Takuya Hanada, Masami Sakiyama, Tsutomu Shima
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Patent number: 9266142Abstract: A partition portion includes a proximal portion fixed to the outer periphery of the peripheral wall portion and a sealing member mounted to the proximal portion in a manner that the sealing member is allowed to move in inner and outer circumferential directions of the peripheral wall portion. When receiving a force toward an outer circumferential direction, the sealing member is moved in the outer circumferential direction, and a distal end portion thereof is held in press-contact with a sliding contact portion of a ventilation member with a force generated along with the above-mentioned force.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA POWREXInventors: Koji Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Hotta, Naotoshi Kinoshita, Tarou Endou, Shuichiro Fukuda, Kazuhiro Uchida, Yosuke Tomita, Hitoshi Kamada, Kazunori Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20150130963Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires stability state information for an image capturing apparatus indicating whether the image capturing apparatus is stable or not, and a processor that rotates an image, captured by the image capturing apparatus, based on the stability state information of the image capturing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Uchida, Masataka Suzuki, Shunji Okada, Yoshitsugu Nomiyama, Naoya Katoh
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Publication number: 20150068650Abstract: A production method of a metal pipe which can suppress quenching defects is provided. In the production method of a metal pipe according an embodiment of the present invention bend of the metal pipe is straightened by a straightening machine 10. Next, both pipe end portions of the metal pipe whose bend has been straightened are cut off by a pipe cutting apparatus 20. Next, a plurality of the metal pipes whose both pipe end portions have been cut off are aligned in the axial direction thereof to be conveyed to a quenching apparatus 30, and the metal pipes are quenched by being cooled after being heated by induction heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Shunichi Otsuka, Kazuhiro Uchida, Takuya Hanada, Masami Sakiyama, Tsutomu Shima
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Publication number: 20140311632Abstract: A method for producing a steel tube of high strength and toughness for air bag subjects a steel tube to high-frequency induction heating such that the outer surface temperature T1 (° C.) of the tube measured at the end of high-frequency induction heating is within the range defined by TAc3+40° C.?T1?1100° C., TAc3 is the temperature (° C.) of Ac3 transformation point. Using the measured outer surface temperature of the tube, time x (second) elapsed from when the outer surface temperature of steel tube reaches the temperature of Ac3 transformation point by high-frequency induction heating is calculated. Based on the calculated time x, time t (second) required from measurement of the outer surface temperature of steel tube to the start of rapid cooling is controlled so that the time t is within the range defined by 0 (sec)<t?10 (sec)?x.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Uchida, Takeshi Miki
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Patent number: 8826739Abstract: In an ultrasonic measuring method for measuring the thickness of a coating material applied by coating to one surface or both surfaces of a substrate made of a metal so as to provide a coated product, a pair of first ultrasonic sensor and second ultrasonic sensor are provided such that the first ultrasonic sensor is placed on one side of the coated product, as viewed in its thickness direction, via an air layer, while the second ultrasonic sensor is placed on the other side of the coated product, via an air layer, and the thickness of the coating material is measured by transmitting ultrasonic waves between the first and the second ultrasonic sensors. A flat-type transmitting sensor that permits propagation of unfocused ultrasonic waves is used as the first ultrasonic sensor, and a flat-type receiving sensor that permits propagation of unfocused ultrasonic waves is used as the second ultrasonic sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Seiichi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Kawaki, Shinya Kuroki, Kazuhiro Uchida, Kiyokazu Ito
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Patent number: 8813570Abstract: An ultrasonic measuring method and an ultrasonic measuring system use or include at least one actual-measurement ultrasonic sensor set each consisting of a first ultrasonic sensor and a second ultrasonic sensor, for measuring the basis weight of an electrode paste, and a calibration ultrasonic sensor set consisting of a pair of first calibration ultrasonic sensor and second calibration ultrasonic sensor. The calibration ultrasonic sensor set performs calibration during measurement of the thickness of the electrode paste, and the actual-measurement ultrasonic sensor set calculates the basis weight of the electrode paste, using a measurement condition value obtained by the calibration ultrasonic sensor set.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Seiichi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Kawaki, Shinya Kuroki, Kazuhiro Uchida
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Patent number: 8761444Abstract: An apparatus for determining a kind of a steel material includes an image pickup device 11 for imaging a spark, which is produced when the steel material 18 is ground, continuously a plurality of times; a detection device 12 for detecting an alloy spark zone, which corresponds to an alloy spark produced by the grinding of an alloying component contained in the steel material, from each of picked-up images 2 imaged by the image pickup device; a calculation device 13 for calculating the total number of alloy spark zones detected by the detection device; and a judgment device 14 for determining that the steel material consists of a low-alloy steel if the total number is not smaller than a first threshold value, and determining that the steel material consists of a carbon steel if the total number is smaller than the first threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Takeo Nakata, Masami Ikeda, Kazuhiro Uchida, Makoto Sakamoto, Kenji Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20140137797Abstract: A partition portion includes a proximal portion fixed to the outer periphery of the peripheral wall portion and a sealing member mounted to the proximal portion in a manner that the sealing member is allowed to move in inner and outer circumferential directions of the peripheral wall portion. When receiving a force toward an outer circumferential direction, the sealing member is moved in the outer circumferential direction, and a distal end portion thereof is held in press-contact with a sliding contact portion of a ventilation member with a force generated along with the above-mentioned force.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Koji Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Hotta, Naotoshi Kinoshita, Tarou Endou, Shuichiro Fukuda, Kazuhiro Uchida, Yosuke Tomita, Hitoshi Kamada, Kazunori Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8687850Abstract: An apparatus 1 for determining a kind of a steel material detects a spark pixel from a color picked-up image 2 of a spark 19 produced when a steel material 18 is ground, and detects a pixel, in which the density of any one color component for judgment selected from among RGB color components is low, as a low-density pixel from the spark pixels. The apparatus 1 determines that the steel material is a steel material consisting of the high-strength steel if the ratio of the total number of low-density pixels to the total number of spark pixels is not lower than a threshold value for judgment, and determines that the steel material is a steel material consisting of the ordinary steel if the ratio is lower than the threshold value for judgment.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Takeo Nakata, Masami Ikeda, Makoto Sakamoto, Kenji Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Uchida
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Publication number: 20130327110Abstract: There is provided a method for straightening a steel product, comprising using hard alloy straightening rolls each made of a tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC—Co) based sintered material (hard metal), wherein the hardness of each roll is HRA85 to 87. According to this straightening method, when bends of steel product are straightened, roll wear is suppressed, defective roll mark(s) caused by the roll wear is prevented from being formed on the surface of the product being straightened, and time for changeover and/or setup of rolls is shortened to enhance the operation rate of the straightening machine, whereby the efficiency of a finishing process and, in turn, the productivity can be improved. Therefore, this method is especially effective in the case where a product to be straightened is a high-strength product such as a steel pipe for a motor vehicle air bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Uchida, Tadashi Kawakami
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Patent number: 8415834Abstract: A power feeding system includes: a power feeder including a mount, a primary coil, a moving means, a query output means outputting a query, a receiving means receiving notification information, a primary coil direct-current driving control means controlling the primary coil to be driven with a direct current, a query control means allowing the query output means to output a query, and a primary coil alternating-current driving control means controlling the primary coil to be driven with an alternating current; and a power-receiving equipment including a secondary coil, a sensing means disposed at a position where the sensing means can sense the query, a secondary coil direct-current driving control means controlling the secondary coil to be driven with a direct current, a notification information output means, and a secondary coil alternating-current driving control means controlling the secondary coil so that electromotive force induced by the primary coil is exerted.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naho Suzuki, Kazuhiro Uchida, Dai Sato
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Publication number: 20120281876Abstract: An apparatus for determining a kind of a steel material includes an image pickup device 11 for imaging a spark, which is produced when the steel material 18 is ground, continuously a plurality of times; a detection device 12 for detecting an alloy spark zone, which corresponds to an alloy spark produced by the grinding of an alloying component contained in the steel material, from each of picked-up images 2 imaged by the image pickup device; a calculation device 13 for calculating the total number of alloy spark zones detected by the detection device; and a judgment device 14 for determining that the steel material consists of a low-alloy steel if the total number is not smaller than a first threshold value, and determining that the steel material consists of a carbon steel if the total number is smaller than the first threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeo NAKATA, Masami Ikeda, Kazuhiro Uchida, Makoto Sakamoto, Kenji Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20120281877Abstract: An apparatus 1 for determining a kind of a steel material detects a spark pixel from a color picked-up image 2 of a spark 19 produced when a steel material 18 is ground, and detects a pixel, in which the density of any one color component for judgment selected from among RGB color components is low, as a low-density pixel from the spark pixels. The apparatus 1 determines that the steel material is a steel material consisting of the high-strength steel if the ratio of the total number of low-density pixels to the total number of spark pixels is not lower than a threshold value for judgment, and determines that the steel material is a steel material consisting of the ordinary steel if the ratio is lower than the threshold value for judgment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeo NAKATA, Masami IKEDA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Kenji FUJIWARA, Kazuhiro UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20120247211Abstract: An ultrasonic measuring method and an ultrasonic measuring system use or include at least one actual-measurement ultrasonic sensor set each consisting of a first ultrasonic sensor and a second ultrasonic sensor, for measuring the basis weight of an electrode paste, and a calibration ultrasonic sensor set consisting of a pair of first calibration ultrasonic sensor and second calibration ultrasonic sensor. The calibration ultrasonic sensor set performs calibration during measurement of the thickness of the electrode paste, and the actual-measurement ultrasonic sensor set calculates the basis weight of the electrode paste, using a measurement condition value obtained by the calibration ultrasonic sensor set.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Seiichi MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki KAWAKI, Shinya KUROKI, Kazuhiro UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20120186348Abstract: In an ultrasonic measuring method for measuring the thickness of a coating material applied by coating to one surface or both surfaces of a substrate made of a metal so as to provide a coated product, a pair of first ultrasonic sensor and second ultrasonic sensor are provided such that the first ultrasonic sensor is placed on one side of the coated product, as viewed in its thickness direction, via an air layer, while the second ultrasonic sensor is placed on the other side of the coated product, via an air layer, and the thickness of the coating material is measured by transmitting ultrasonic waves between the first and the second ultrasonic sensors. A flat-type transmitting sensor that permits propagation of unfocused ultrasonic waves is used as the first ultrasonic sensor, and a flat-type receiving sensor that permits propagation of unfocused ultrasonic waves is used as the second ultrasonic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Seiichi MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki Kawaki, Shinya Kuroki, Kazuhiro Uchida, Kiyokazu Ito
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Publication number: 20100295378Abstract: A power feeding system includes: a power feeder including a mount, a primary coil, a moving means, a query output means outputting a query, a receiving means receiving notification information, a primary coil direct-current driving control means controlling the primary coil to be driven with a direct current, a query control means allowing the query output means to output a query, and a primary coil alternating-current driving control means controlling the primary coil to be driven with an alternating current; and a power-receiving equipment including a secondary coil, a sensing means disposed at a position where the sensing means can sense the query, a secondary coil direct-current driving control means controlling the secondary coil to be driven with a direct current, a notification information output means, and a secondary coil alternating-current driving control means controlling the secondary coil so that electromotive force induced by the primary coil is exerted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naho Suzuki, Kazuhiro Uchida, Dai Sato