Patents by Inventor Kazunori Nousou

Kazunori Nousou 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: 6643009
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a wrap-fitted state of a cap that is wrap-fitted to the neck of a bottle by detecting a positional relationship between a bottle mark and a cap mark, wherein an optical lens is arranged at a higher position on the vertical center axis of the bottle to which the cap is wrap-fitted, a single camera is arranged at a higher position on the optical axis of the optical lens to image the bottle mark and the cap mark through the optical lens, an illumination device is arranged for illuminating the bottle mark and the cap mark, the bottle mark and the cap mark are simultaneously shot by the camera, and the obtained image is sent to an image processor to detect a positional relationship between the bottle mark and the cap mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakusaki, Yukihito Nozaki, Yukio Yoshikawa, Kazunori Nousou
  • Publication number: 20020196434
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a wrap-fitted state of a cap that is wrap-fitted to the neck of a bottle by detecting a positional relationship between a bottle mark and a cap mark, wherein an optical lens is arranged at a higher position on the vertical center axis of the bottle to which the cap is wrap-fitted, a single camera is arranged at a higher position on the optical axis of the optical lens to image the bottle mark and the cap mark through the optical lens, an illumination device is arranged for illuminating the bottle mark and the cap mark, the bottle mark and the cap mark are simultaneously shot by the camera, and the obtained image is sent to an image processor to detect a positional relationship between the bottle mark and the cap mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakusaki, Yukihito Nozaki, Yukio Yoshikawa, Kazunori Nousou
  • Patent number: 5734742
    Abstract: In order to reliably detect a defect on an inspected surface, electronic pictures of the inspected surface are formed at different positions by moving an imaging area relative to the inspected surface. Defect candidate regions are extracted from a series of the pictures. The system examines whether a movement from one candidate region to another candidate region is proportional to the movement of the imaging area. If the movement between the candidate regions is in proportion to the movement of the imaging area, the system judges that the candidate regions are imagery of a defect on the inspected surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Asaeda, Kazunori Nousou, Masanori Imanisi, Yutaka Suzuki, Sachiyo Katabami
  • Patent number: 5705807
    Abstract: There is provided a photosensor having a photoelectric converter for converting incident light into a photoelectric current, and a function of removing noise light from imaging light including noise light and reflected from an object to be photographed. A plurality of photosensors each having the arrangement are used as an image sensor. A single photosensor having the arrangement or a plurality of photosensors each having the arrangement are used as a distance sensor. There is provided a photosensor in which a storage unit stores electric quantity corresponding to fixed light, and electric quantity corresponding to reflected light in the state wherein electric quantity stored in the storage unit is reproduced by a reproduction unit is introduced, and the difference therebetween is reproduced as an electric signal. A single photosensor having the arrangement or a plurality of photosensors each having the arrangement are used as a distance sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kraisorn Throngnumchai, Kazunori Nousou