Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yoshimura
Kazuhiro Yoshimura 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: 20200329227Abstract: An information processing apparatus having: a display control unit configured to display a plurality of virtual viewpoint images respectively corresponding to a plurality of virtual viewpoints on a display unit, wherein each of the plurality of virtual viewpoint images is generated based on image data obtained by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses performing image capturing from different directions; a reception unit configured to receive an input in accordance with a user operation for changing a virtual viewpoint corresponding to one virtual viewpoint image of the plurality of virtual viewpoint images displayed on the display unit; and a viewpoint control unit configured to perform control to change a plurality of virtual viewpoints respectively corresponding to the plurality of virtual viewpoint images based on the received input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 10781935Abstract: A valve operating member includes a valve support portion, which supports a valve disk while allowing the valve disk to move relative to the valve operating member in a direction of an axis. An elastic member is disposed inside a valve chest. The elastic member constantly urges the valve disk toward the valve seat in the direction of the axis to cause the valve disk to be seated on the valve seat with an urging force. The valve support portion includes a valve engagement portion, which is engaged with an engaged portion of the valve disk seated on the valve seat, and separates the valve disk apart from the valve seat. When the valve disk is seated on the valve seat, the valve engagement portion is not in contact with the valve disk in the direction of the axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: SMC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Umeda
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Patent number: 10746316Abstract: A movable core includes an iron core formed into a plate having a substantially rectangular section, and a valve support portion continuous with the iron core. The valve support portion includes a pair of support arms. The pair of support arms are arranged side by side in a width direction of the movable core to be parallel to each other and seamlessly integrated with the iron core. A surface of the movable core on one side in a thickness direction and a surface of the movable core on the other side are single flat surfaces parallel to each other and extending continuously from the iron core to the pair of support arms. A valve disk is supported between the pair of support arms.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SMC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Umeda
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Publication number: 20200211271Abstract: A system comprises an obtainment unit that obtains virtual viewpoint information relating to a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint; a designation unit that designates a focus object from a plurality of objects detected based on at least one of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras; a decision unit that decides an object to make transparent from among the plurality of objects based on a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint that the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtainment unit indicates, and a position of the focus object designated by the designation unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of cameras, a virtual viewpoint image in which the object decided by the decision unit is made to be transparent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA, Kaori TAYA, Shugo HIGUCHI, Tatsuro KOIZUMI
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Patent number: 10677208Abstract: Provided is a fuel injector that is capable of reducing penetration. The fuel injector of the present invention includes a valve body having a valve body side seat surface, a valve seat side seat surface that abuts on the valve body side seat surface, and an injection hole that is provided downstream of a position at which the valve body side seat surface abuts on the valve seat side seat surface. The valve body has a projection that is formed from the valve body side seat surface toward the injection hole, and the projection is formed to be smaller in a direction of fuel flow between seats than a radius of an upstream opening surface of the injection hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Hosaka, Eiji Ishii, Yoshihiro Sukegawa, Taisuke Sugii, Kazuki Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Oryoji, Masayuki Saruwatari
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Patent number: 10628993Abstract: A system comprises an obtainment unit that obtains virtual viewpoint information relating to a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint; a designation unit that designates a focus object from a plurality of objects detected based on at least one of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras; a decision unit that decides an object to make transparent from among the plurality of objects based on a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint that the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtainment unit indicates, and a position of the focus object designated by the designation unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of cameras, a virtual viewpoint image in which the object decided by the decision unit is made to be transparent.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Kaori Taya, Shugo Higuchi, Tatsuro Koizumi
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Publication number: 20200108682Abstract: The bushing includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, and an elastic body therebetween. The outer cylinder has a central recess portion recessed from the inner peripheral surface in the radial direction at the central portion in the axial direction, and the thickness of both end portions is thicker than the thickness of the central portion. The central recess portion is formed in a curved shape or having a curved and a straight shape. The inner cylinder has a central convex portion swelling from the outer peripheral surface in the radial direction at a position corresponding to the central recess portion. The maximum outer diameter of the central convex portion is larger than the minimum inner diameter of the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Susumu SANO, Takahiko SHIGYO, Hiroki KIMURA, Masaya HIRAMATSU, Haruaki ISERI, Kazuhiro OKUYAMA, Hiroyuki OKAMOTO, Eiji OKADA, Naoki KURATA, Hiromi MIWADE, Tadashi YOSHIMURA, Ryo OGAWA, Tomohiro TUJI, Masayuki MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20200109760Abstract: The bushing includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, and an elastic body therebetween. The outer cylinder has a central recess portion formed in a curved shape. The inner cylinder has a central convex portion being formed in a curved shape. A distance between a vertex of the central recess portion and the vertex of the central convex portion is smaller than a distance between a point other than the vertex of the central recess portion and a point at which a straight line extending from the point other than the vertex of the central recess portion to an intersection point of the perpendicular line and the axis of the inner cylinder intersects the central convex portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Susumu SANO, Takahiko SHIGYO, Hiroki KIMURA, Masaya HIRAMATSU, Haruaki ISERI, Kazuhiro OKUYAMA, Hiroyuki OKAMOTO, Eiji OKADA, Naoki KURATA, Hiromi MIWADE, Tadashi YOSHIMURA, Ryo OGAWA, Tomohiro TUJI, Masayuki MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20200074679Abstract: A depth-image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: generate, cased on a synthetic model in which a three-dimensional model of a human body and a three-dimensional model of an object are combined, a plurality of learning images in which a depth image that indicates a distance from a reference position to respective positions on the human body or to respective positions on the object, and a part image to identify any one of respective parts of the human body and a cart of the object are associated with each other, and learn an identifier in which a feature of the depth image and any one of a part of the human body and a part of the object are associated with each other, based on the learning images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shoichi Masui, HIROAKI FUJIMOTO, Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA, Takuya Sato, KAZUO SASAKI
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Patent number: 10559095Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A determination unit determines color information of an object present in an object image from a virtual viewpoint. The color information of the object is determined by combining color information of the object in a captured image obtained by one or more image capturing apparatus selected based on position and orientation information of the virtual viewpoint, position and orientation information of the image capturing apparatuses, and position information of the object, by using a weight corresponding to an image capturing direction of the one or more image capturing apparatus and a position of the object in a field of view of the one or more image capturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Tatsuro Koizumi
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Publication number: 20200042782Abstract: A learning device generates a plurality of leaning images in which a distance image representing a distance from a reference position to each position of a human body or each position of an object and a part image for identifying each part of the human body or a part of the object are associated with each other. The learning device corrects, based on a distance image and a part image of the learning image, a value of a region corresponding to a part of the object among regions of the distance image. The learning device learns, based on a plurality of learning images including a corrected distance image, an identifier in which characteristics of the distance image and a part of the human body or a part of the object are associated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shoichi Masui, HIROAKI FUJIMOTO, Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA, Takuya Sato, KAZUO SASAKI
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Publication number: 20200013185Abstract: An information processing apparatus, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: generate, based on three-dimensional point cloud data indicating three-dimensional coordinates of each point on a three-dimensional object, image data in which two-dimensional coordinates of each point and a depth of each point are associated with each other; specify, as a target point, a point of the three-dimensional point cloud data corresponding to an edge pixel included in an edge portion of the image data, and specifies, as a neighbor point, a point of the three-dimensional point cloud data corresponding to a neighbor pixel of the edge pixel; and eliminate the target point based on a number of the neighbor points at which a distance to the target point is less than a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20200013220Abstract: An information processing apparatus enables a user viewing a displayed virtual viewpoint image to easily understand the state in a generation target scene of the virtual viewpoint image. The information processing apparatus generates a layout that is a figure representing a position of an object included in an imaging target area captured by a plurality of imaging units from different directions, and controls a display unit to display a virtual viewpoint image and the generated layout. The virtual viewpoint image is generated based on images acquired by the plurality of imaging units and viewpoint information indicating a virtual viewpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Yosuke Okubo
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Publication number: 20190375866Abstract: The invention provides a powder that is easily redispersible in a liquid medium such as water. The powder contains a fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer contains at least one group A selected from the group consisting of —SO2Y, —COOR, —SO3X, —SO2NR12, and —COOX, wherein Y is a halogen atom; R is a C1-C4 alkyl group; X is M1/L or NR14, where M is a hydrogen atom or an L-valent metal, the L-valent metal being a metal in group 1, group 2, group 4, group 8, group 11, group 12, or group 13 of the periodic table; and R1s are each individually a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group. The powder exhibits a dispersion of 50% or higher. The dispersion is calculated by filtering a composition obtainable by mixing the powder with water through a mesh having an opening of 20 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuki YOTSUMOTO, Tadashi INO, Kazuhiro OHTSUKA, Noriyuki SHINOKI, Masaharu NAKAZAWA, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Masahiro KONDO
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Publication number: 20190304114Abstract: A region of an object is separated from an image captured by an image capturing unit included in a plurality of image capturing units configured to capture an image of an object from a plurality of viewpoints, using a method corresponding to light applied to an image-capturing target region of the image capturing unit at a time of capturing the image. Then, the shape of the object is determined based on the region of the object separated by a separation unit from each of a plurality of images captured by the plurality of image capturing units.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20190277421Abstract: A valve operating member includes a valve support portion, which supports a valve disk while allowing the valve disk to move relative to the valve operating member in a direction of an axis. An elastic member is disposed inside a valve chest. The elastic member constantly urges the valve disk toward the valve seat in the direction of the axis to cause the valve disk to be seated on the valve seat with an urging force. The valve support portion includes a valve engagement portion, which is engaged with an engaged portion of the valve disk seated on the valve seat, and separates the valve disk apart from the valve seat. When the valve disk is seated on the valve seat, the valve engagement portion is not in contact with the valve disk in the direction of the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: SMC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi YOSHIMURA, Kazuhiro UMEDA
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Patent number: 10392679Abstract: The present invention is intended for effectively removing copper, iron, sulfur, which are impurities, from activated carbon on which gold is adsorbed before gold eluting in the point of view of gold recovery, and is related to a method for eluting gold from an activated carbon on which at least sulfur (S) and gold (Au) are adsorbed, whereas the activated carbon is washed with an alkali solution before eluting the gold, and then the gold is eluted from the activated carbon.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Hatano, Akira Yoshimura, Ryosuke Tatsumi
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Publication number: 20190259173Abstract: The image processing apparatus of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image based on image data obtained by capturing an image capturing area from a plurality of directions by a plurality of cameras, the image processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire viewpoint information of a virtual viewpoint; an area determination unit configured to determine a three-dimensional area in accordance with a position and a size of a specific object within the image capturing area; and a generation unit configured to generate the virtual viewpoint image in accordance with the virtual viewpoint indicated by the viewpoint information based on determination by the area determination unit such that an object within a field of view in accordance with the virtual viewpoint and not included in the three-dimensional area determined by the area determination unit is not displayed in the virtual viewpoint image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 10317841Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes pair of ejection rollers that are used for ejecting a recording material to a stacking unit from a main body of the image forming apparatus and a cooling unit. The cooling unit includes, air-blowing ports that are used for blowing air onto the recording material in a direction crossing a transport direction of the recording material are positioned in a region that is located above the position of a nip portion of the pair of ejection rollers and below an extension line tangent to the nip portion of the pair of ejection rollers.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Yoshimura, Tomoya Kuruma, Akimichi Suzuki, Satoshi Nishida, Kazuhiro Doda, Isamu Takeda, Takanori Mitani
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Patent number: 10301180Abstract: An activated carbon regeneration method of the present invention is for eluting gold from activated carbon on which the gold has been adsorbed and thereafter recycling, in adsorption of the gold, the used activated carbon from which the gold has been eluted, the method including: washing the used activated carbon with an acidic washing liquid, alkaline washing liquid or neutral washing liquid; and when the used activated carbon is washed with the acidic washing liquid, keeping the acidic washing liquid after the washing in an acidic region, or when the used activated carbon is washed with the alkaline washing liquid or neutral washing liquid, keeping the alkaline washing liquid or neutral washing liquid after the washing in an alkaline region or neutral region.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Hatano, Akira Yoshimura, Ryosuke Tatsumi