Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Fujita

Kenichiro Fujita 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: 11490005
    Abstract: A multi-copter on which a camera with a distance to a focal plane where the camera is in focus fixed at d is mounted detects a position of an inspection overhead line when moving to an image capture start point above the inspection overhead line, and moves to a shooting end point immediately above the inspection overhead line while capturing images of the inspection overhead line at the lower side using the camera while keeping an altitude difference d with the inspection overhead line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeo Aoyagi, Kenichiro Fujita, Yosuke Tate
  • Patent number: 11430101
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes an imaging camera configured to capture the image of an object to be inspected, an object detecting unit configured to detect a relative position of the object to be inspected, a camera angle adjusting unit configured to control the angle of an image capturing direction of the imaging camera on the basis of the relative position detected by the object detecting unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether the image of the object to be inspected is moved out of a video frame of the imaging camera during an image capture operation performed by the imaging camera, and a storage unit configured to store image capture failure information including the result of determination if the determination unit determines that the image of the object is moved out of the video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fujita, Yosuke Tate
  • Publication number: 20200364848
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes an imaging camera configured to capture the image of an object to be inspected, an object detecting unit configured to detect a relative position of the object to be inspected, a camera angle adjusting unit configured to control the angle of an image capturing direction of the imaging camera on the basis of the relative position detected by the object detecting unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether the image of the object to be inspected is moved out of a video frame of the imaging camera during an image capture operation performed by the imaging camera, and a storage unit configured to store image capture failure information including the result of determination if the determination unit determines that the image of the object is moved out of the video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fujita, Yosuke Tate
  • Publication number: 20190116309
    Abstract: A multi-copter on which a camera with a distance to a focal plane where the camera is in focus fixed at d is mounted detects a position of an inspection overhead line when moving to an image capture start point above the inspection overhead line, and moves to a shooting end point immediately above the inspection overhead line while capturing images of the inspection overhead line at the lower side using the camera while keeping an altitude difference d with the inspection overhead line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeo Aoyagi, Kenichiro Fujita, Yosuke Tate