Patents by Inventor Kenji Natsuhara

Kenji Natsuhara 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: 7576845
    Abstract: A three-dimensional color and shape measuring device is provided which measures a color and a three-dimensional shape of an object based on an image signal acquired by picking up an image of the object to be measured by the same image pick-up part. The device includes a correction part configured to convert the image signal into a color measuring image signal by a first correction in accordance with a first gray scale characteristic and to convert the image signal into a shape-measuring image signal by a second correction in accordance with a second gray scale characteristic; and a color and shape extracting part which is configured to restore a three dimensional image of the object by using a three-dimensional model on which a three dimensional shape of the object is restored based on the shape-measuring image signal and a color of the object is restored based on the color-measuring image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Asakura, Kenji Natsuhara
  • Publication number: 20090046301
    Abstract: A three-dimensional color and shape measuring device is provided to measure a color and a three-dimensional shape of an object to be measured with accuracy. A three-dimensional color and shape measuring device measures a color and a three-dimensional shape of an object to be measured based on an image signal acquired by picking up an image of the object to be measured by the same image pick-up part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Asakura, Kenji Natsuhara