Patents by Inventor Ken Nishiwaki

Ken Nishiwaki 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: 7081744
    Abstract: The apparatus can continuously determine the location at which a cable is buried. Location data of a measurement standard position is acquired by RTK-GPS. The azimuth of the moving direction of the apparatus is calculated using the location data. Electromagnetic waves from a metallic wire are received by two electromagnetic signal receiving sections whose locations in the horizontal plane are different from each other, and distances from the measurement standard position to a cable in a measurement base line direction and in the vertical downward direction are calculated using the received electromagnetic signals. The depth of the cable is calculated using the distance in the vertical downward direction. The plane location data of the cable is calculated using the azimuth of the moving direction, the location data of the measurement standard position, and the distance in the measurement base line direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: NTT Infrastructure Network Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki, Kazutoshi Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20060064273
    Abstract: A compact automatic motion control photographing device includes a table supported rotatably to at least a single direction; a servo motor for producing a driving force for rotating the table; and a driving force transmitting mechanism for transmitting the driving force produced by the servo motor to the table, wherein the table is rotated towards a single direction and is stopped every time the table has rotated by a predetermined quantity of rotation, so as to perform photographing using a digital camera fastened to the table. Such a compact automatic motion control photographing device has superior portability, by which panoramic photographing can be easily performed by mounting a camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: NTT Infrastructure Network Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Sugiura, Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20050062475
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that can continuously determine the location at which a cable is buried. The location data of a measurement standard position is acquired by RTK-GPS. The azimuth of the moving direction of the cable location continuously determining apparatus is calculated using the location data. Electromagnetic waves from a metallic wire are received by two electromagnetic signal receiving sections whose locations in the horizontal plane are different from each other, and distances from the measurement standard position to a cable in a measurement base line direction and in the vertical downward direction are calculated using the received electromagnetic signals. The depth of the cable is calculated using the distance in the vertical downward direction. The plane location data of the cable is calculated using the azimuth of the moving direction, the location data of the measurement standard position, and the distance in the measurement base line direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Shinsuke Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki, Kazutoshi Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20040263609
    Abstract: Wireless camera network system and a wireless image capture device that can carry out stable image monitoring over a long time interval even outdoors. In a wireless image capturing device, power is input from a plurality of external power devices that supply drive power for an image capturing unit and a transmitter-receiver unit from a plurality of power input units, the image capturing unit captures images, the transmitter-receiver unit transmits the images via a wireless telecommunication network, and the server connected via the wireless image capturing device and the wireless telecommunication network receive the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki, Hideyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6748340
    Abstract: There is provided a cable position information management system, management method and program which efficiently perform cable position measurement, and manage the measurement information. Furthermore, there is provided a facility information management system and a facility information management program which allow a user to perform determinations relating to facility management immediately and accurately by the sharing and integration of individually managed facility information. In addition, there is provided a cable core wire management system, a cable core wire management method and a cable core wire management program which realize an improvement in efficiency and reliability of construction work performed on networks such as optical fiber networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: NTT Infrastructure Network Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki, Jiro Mori, Kazutoshi Hidaka, Noriyuki Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 6714729
    Abstract: An automatic motion-controlled photographing apparatus, according to the present invention, a rotatable turntable is located above an upper surface of a box of a controller fixedly supported on a tripod, and a camera is set onto the turntable. The turntable, on which the camera is set, is rotated at a given angle of rotation responsive to a signal from a turntable drive circuit disposed in the controller, and a shutter of the camera is turned on via a non-contact signal relay in response to a signal from a shutter drive circuit for photographing the same photograph images, each in one frame, at an angle of 360 degrees as those of an on-site field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: NTT Infrastructure Network Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Sugiura, Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20040059539
    Abstract: There is provided a cable position information management system, management method and program which efficiently perform cable position measurement, and manage the measurement information. Furthermore, there is provided a facility information management system and a facility information management program which allow a user to perform determinations relating to facility management immediately and accurately by the sharing and integration of individually managed facility information. In addition, there is provided a cable core wire management system, a cable core wire management method and a cable core wire management program which realize an improvement in efficiency and reliability of construction work performed on networks such as optical fiber networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki, Jiro Mori, Kazutoshi Hidaka, Noriyuki Kawagoe
  • Publication number: 20040047624
    Abstract: An automatic motion-controlled photographing apparatus, according to the present invention, a rotatable turntable is located above an upper surface of a box of a controller fixedly supported on a tripod, and a camera is set onto the turntable. The turntable, on which the camera is set, is rotated at a given angle of rotation responsive to a signal from a turntable drive circuit disposed in the controller, and a shutter of the camera is turned on via a non-contact signal relay in response to a signal from a shutter drive circuit for photographing the same photograph images, each in one frame, at an angle of 360 degrees as those of an on-site field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Shinichi Sugiura, Kazuhiro Otsuki, Ken Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20030041144
    Abstract: A state in which each of sections constituting a transmission line is installed is obtained as data from the database for facility evaluation, and the facility-evaluation value of each section is calculated according to the state in which each section is installed and the facility-evaluation rank of the transmission line as a route is determined by a means for determining the facility-evaluation rank. On the other hand, the environment state in which each section of the transmission line is present is obtained as data from the database for environment evaluation, and the environment-evaluation value of each section is calculated according to the environment state of each section and the environment-evaluation rank of the transmission line as a route is determined by a means for determining the environment-evaluation rank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hironori Kouzaki, Kazuhiro Ootsuki, Jiro Mori, Ken Nishiwaki