Patents by Inventor Kazuki Ozaki

Kazuki Ozaki 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: 11359911
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit that is installed on a side of a track, a vehicle traveling along the track, a guide wheel being installed on a side of the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track via a telecentric lens; a second imaging unit that is installed in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit on the side of the track and images the inside of the track via a telecentric lens; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image which is an image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction and an image which is an image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time as the capturing of the image by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit that detects an abrasion situation of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Morita, Masahiro Yamada, Kazuki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Kono
  • Patent number: 10864825
    Abstract: A wear degree information acquiring device includes a power cable measuring unit which measures a distance from a predetermined position of a vehicle to a wearing part coming into contact with the vehicle among power cables configured to supply power to the vehicle, and a distance from the predetermined position of the vehicle to a non-wearing part not coming into contact with the vehicle among the power cables; and a wear degree information acquiring unit which acquires information indicating a degree of wear of the power cable, on the basis of a difference between the distance from the predetermined position of the vehicle to the wearing part and the distance from the predetermined position of the vehicle to the non-wearing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Morita, Kazuki Ozaki, Hisashi Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20200011653
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit that is installed on a side of a track, a vehicle traveling along the track, a guide wheel being installed on a side of the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track via a telecentric lens; a second imaging unit that is installed in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit on the side of the track and images the inside of the track via a telecentric lens; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image which is an image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction and an image which is an image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time as the capturing of the image by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit that detects an abrasion situation of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuaki MORITA, Masahiro YAMADA, Kazuki OZAKI, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 10458776
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit installed on a track along which a vehicle is traveling, a guide wheel installed on the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track; a second imaging unit installed on the track in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit and imaging the inside of the track; an image acquisition unit acquiring a first image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction, and a second image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit detecting an abrasion situation of the guide wheel according to a position of a boundary indicated in the acquired images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Morita, Masahiro Yamada, Kazuki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Kono
  • Publication number: 20190047440
    Abstract: A wear degree information acquiring device includes a power cable measuring unit which measures a distance from a predetermined position of a vehicle to a wearing part coming into contact with the vehicle among power cables configured to supply power to the vehicle, and a distance from the predetermined position of the vehicle to a non-wearing part not coming into contact with the vehicle among the power cables; and a wear degree information acquiring unit which acquires information indicating a degree of wear of the power cable, on the basis of a difference between the distance from the predetermined position of the vehicle to the wearing part and the distance from the predetermined position of the vehicle to the non-wearing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuaki MORITA, Kazuki OZAKI, Hisashi MOTOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180031366
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit installed on a track along which a vehicle is traveling, a guide wheel installed on the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track; a second imaging unit installed on the track in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit and imaging the inside of the track; an image acquisition unit acquiring a first image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction, and a second image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit detecting an abrasion situation of the guide wheel according to a position of a boundary indicated in the acquired images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuaki MORITA, Masahiro YAMADA, Kazuki OZAKI, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 9419461
    Abstract: When power required by a load is larger than or equal to reception peak-cut power, a secondary battery discharges at a power rate that is larger or equal to a difference between the required power and the reception peak-cut power, and when the required power is smaller than or equal to the reception peak-cut power, the secondary battery discharges at a power rate that is smaller than or equal to the discharge improving power value. When power generated by the load is larger than or equal to transmission peak-cut power, the secondary battery charges at a power rate that is larger or equal to a difference between the regenerative power and the transmission peak-cut power, and when the regenerative power is smaller than or equal to the transmission peak-cut power, the secondary battery charges at a power rate that is smaller than or equal to the charge improving power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRUIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kono, Katsuaki Morita, Kazuki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20150301117
    Abstract: A parameter estimating device includes a state quantity measurement unit 11 which acquires measured values for state quantities having a correlation with a plurality of parameters, a state quantity calculation unit 12 which calculates and acquires calculated values corresponding to the measured values based on a correlation expression of the estimated values of the plurality of parameters and the state quantities, and an optimum estimated value identification unit 13 which finds an error evaluation function value calculated based on a value obtained by multiplying the total sum of the absolute quantities of the errors of the calculated values corresponding to the measured values by a first coefficient and a value obtained by multiplying the degree of variation of the errors by a second coefficient, and identifies an optimum estimated value having a minimum error evaluation function value while changing the estimated values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Wakasugi, Katsuaki Morita, Kazuki Ozaki, Tetsuro Shigemizu, Masayuki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150180242
    Abstract: When power required by a load is larger than or equal to reception peak-cut power, a secondary battery discharges at a power rate that is larger or equal to a difference between the required power and the reception peak-cut power, and when the required power is smaller than or equal to the reception peak-cut power, the secondary battery discharges at a power rate that is smaller than or equal to the discharge improving power value. When power generated by the load is larger than or equal to transmission peak-cut power, the secondary battery charges at a power rate that is larger or equal to a difference between the regenerative power and the transmission peak-cut power, and when the regenerative power is smaller than or equal to the transmission peak-cut power, the secondary battery charges at a power rate that is smaller than or equal to the charge improving power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Takayuki Kono, Katsuaki Morita, Kazuki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9035495
    Abstract: In a catenary-based transportation system which is provided with integrated power supply equipment having an electricity storage unit which stores electricity regenerated by vehicles traveling by electricity received from a catenary and supplies electricity to the catenary and the other power supply system which is a power supply system different from the electricity storage unit concerned, the performance of a rectifier of the other power supply system is determined based on a power-supplying contribution ratio ? of the other power supply system so that the cost value of the integrated power supply equipment becomes lower than a target cost value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kono, Katsuaki Morita, Kazuki Ozaki, Yasunari Nagaki
  • Patent number: 8545080
    Abstract: In a switch module which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, the switch module is provided which is able to reduce an amount of light leaking out from the vicinity of an end of a light guiding member in the direction of key parts, so that the key parts can be illuminated in a uniform manner by the light which advances in the interior of the light guiding member. A switch module is provided with a circuit substrate that has a metal dome sheet mounted on a surface thereof which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, a light guiding sheet that is arranged between the key substrate and the circuit substrate, an LED, and a reflector that makes the light emitted from the LED incident into the light guiding sheet from an end thereof, wherein key parts are able to be illuminated by the switch module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Ohrui, Takahisa Akatsuka, Hitoshi Uchida, Kazuki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20130088085
    Abstract: In a catenary-based transportation system which is provided with integrated power supply equipment having an electricity storage unit which stores electricity regenerated by vehicles traveling by electricity received from a catenary and supplies electricity to the catenary and the other power supply system which is a power supply system different from the electricity storage unit concerned, the performance of a rectifier of the other power supply system is determined based on a power-supplying contribution ratio ? of the other power supply system so that the cost value of the integrated power supply equipment becomes lower than a target cost value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Takayuki Kono, Katsuaki Morita, Kazuki Ozaki, Yasunari Nagaki