Patents by Inventor Kensuke Arai

Kensuke Arai 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: 11948324
    Abstract: To provide an ultrasound imaging apparatus capable of displaying an ultrasound stitched image in which an analyte can easily grasp the state of the analyte, an ultrasound imaging apparatus is provided with an ultrasound image generation module which receives ultrasound waves transmitted from a plurality of mutually different positions on the surface of an analyte and reflected in the inside of the analyte and generates ultrasound images corresponding to the respective positions, an image stitcher module which synthesizes the ultrasound images at the respective positions and generates a stitched image of the cross section of the analyte, and a rotation angle adjusting module which adjusts the angle of the stitched image and orients a specific portion included in the stitched image in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kensuke Iseri, Satoshi Nakamura, Takuo Shimada, Tatsuo Arai
  • Publication number: 20220227285
    Abstract: A light distribution controlling device includes a vehicle detector that detects a front vehicle through an image analysis on an image obtained from an imaging device, a region determiner that sets a processing region by adding a margin in a widthwise direction of the vehicle to a presence region of the front vehicle, and a pattern determiner that, in parallel with the detection of the front vehicle, sets a light blocking portion based on a pixel value of a pair of luminous points included in the processing region in the image and determines a light distribution pattern that includes the light blocking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke ARAI, Takuya KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 11341604
    Abstract: A two-dimensional conversion unit converts point cloud data D1 acquired by a three-dimensional sensor into two-dimensional data with the distance as the pixel value. A convolutional neural network receives the image data as its input, and judges the position of and the category of an object included in the point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kensuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11303817
    Abstract: An active sensor includes a light projector configured to emit probe light, and an image sensor. The active sensor is configured to obtain a first image in a light emitting state of the light projector and a second image in a non-light emitting state of the light projector. The second image can be used for correcting the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACIURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kensuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11267280
    Abstract: A decorative molded article has a light source disposed on a back side, for causing different designs to appear on a front surface side thereof, when the light source is off and when on, respectively. A base made of a predetermined synthetic resin permeable to light from the light source is disposed close to the light source. A wood veneer having a grain and permeable to light from the light source is disposed on a front side of the base. A colored coating layer is formed on a front side of the base using a paint having a predetermined color and a clear coating layer is formed on a front side of the colored coating layer using a transparent clear paint. The colored coating layer makes the grain difficult to visually recognize when the light source is off and visually recognizable when on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KAWAI GAKKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Kensuke Arai
  • Publication number: 20210295065
    Abstract: An object identification system includes a camera and a processing device. The processing device includes a classifier subjected to machine learning based on the output image of the camera so as to allow it to identify an object. A gating camera divides a field of view in the depth direction into multiple ranges, and captures an image while changing the time difference between light projection and exposure for each range. The classifier is subjected to machine learning using multiple images IMG1 through IMGN generated by the gating camera as the learning data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke ARAI, Toru NAGASHIMA, Koji ITABA, Jun KANO
  • Patent number: 10898806
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory that stores character data of one or more first characters of a game and character data of one or more second characters owned by a user, a receiver that receives a game operation from the user, and a processor connected to the memory and the receiver. The processor updates character data of a third character selected from the one or more first characters, and outputs the updated character data to the memory. The processor extracts the same character as the third character from the one or more second characters based on reception of the game operation. The processor causes a display to display, to the user, a notification indicating that the character data of the same character has been updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SEGA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Otomo, Kensuke Arai, Hayato Hirai
  • Publication number: 20210019860
    Abstract: A two-dimensional conversion unit converts point cloud data D1 acquired by a three-dimensional sensor into two-dimensional data with the distance as the pixel value. A convolutional neural network receives the image data as its input, and judges the position of and the category of an object included in the point cloud data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kensuke ARAI
  • Publication number: 20200307302
    Abstract: A decorative molded article has a light source disposed on a back side, for causing different designs to appear on a front surface side thereof, when the light source is off and when on, respectively. A base made of a predetermined synthetic resin permeable to light from the light source is disposed close to the light source. A wood veneer having a grain and permeable to light from the light source is disposed on a front side of the base. A colored coating layer is formed on a front side of the base using a paint having a predetermined color and a clear coating layer is formed on a front side of the colored coating layer using a transparent clear paint. The colored coating layer makes the grain difficult to visually recognize when the light source is off and visually recognizable when on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Kensuke Arai
  • Publication number: 20200213499
    Abstract: An active sensor includes a light projector configured to emit probe light, and an image sensor. The active sensor is configured to obtain a first image in a light emitting state of the light projector and a second image in a non-light emitting state of the light projector. The second image can be used for correcting the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kensuke Arai
  • Publication number: 20190060763
    Abstract: An information processing device that executes a fusion game, includes: a content information storage that stores content information in which a plurality of resource contents, associated with each other in advance, are set corresponding to a fusion source content; a user information storage that stores user information including content associated with a user ID; a processor that: associates at least one of the plurality of contents, wherein the plurality of contents include any of the resource contents, with the user ID; when one of the resource contents is associated with the user ID, extracts: the fusion source content corresponding to the one resource content associated with the user ID and the resource contents corresponding to the extracted fusion source content, and sends a notification about the relationship between the extracted fusion source content and the extracted plurality of resource contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Games doing business as Sega Games Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Arai, Hayato Hirai, Takahiro Otomo
  • Publication number: 20180280806
    Abstract: A game server connected to a plurality of game terminals via a communication network is disclosed including a receiver that receives a first request to register an invitation code for a game that is available for download, from a first game terminal operated by a first player, a memory, a processor connected to the memory and that causes the memory to register the invitation code in a state that allows acquisition from another game terminal, and a transmitter. The receiver receives a second request to acquire the invitation code from a second game terminal operated by a second player. The transmitter transmits the invitation code to the second game terminal in response to the reception of the second request. The processor causes the memory to register the invitation code based on the reception of the first request, regardless of whether or not the first player has a game play history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA Games doing business as SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Otomo, Kensuke Arai
  • Publication number: 20180221768
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory that stores character data of one or more first characters of a game and character data of one or more second characters owned by a user, a receiver that receives a game operation from the user, and a processor connected to the memory and the receiver. The processor updates character data of a third character selected from the one or more first characters, and outputs the updated character data to the memory. The processor extracts the same character as the third character from the one or more second characters based on reception of the game operation. The processor causes a display to display, to the user, a notification indicating that the character data of the same character has been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA Games doing business as SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Otomo, Kensuke Arai, Hayato Hirai