Patents by Inventor Kikuhito Kawasue

Kikuhito Kawasue 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).

  • Publication number: 20230154023
    Abstract: In a configuration in which an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of an animal, a shape identification unit that identifies a shape of a predetermined portion of the animal from the image, an information generation unit that, on a basis of the shape of the predetermined portion, generates estimation information used for estimating a weight of the animal, and a weight estimation unit that estimates the weight on a basis of the estimation information are provided, the information generation unit is capable of generating the estimation information both in a case where a first image (an animal image GA) in which the animal is imaged from a first direction is acquired and in a case where a second image in which the animal is imaged from a second direction that is different from the first direction is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI
    Inventor: Kikuhito KAWASUE
  • Patent number: 8553082
    Abstract: A distortion inspecting apparatus, which inspects perspective distortion of a transparent object, includes a projector that projects a plurality of display points arranged at predetermined intervals, a screen that displays an image projected by the projector thereon and allows the image to pass therethrough, a pedestal that disposes the transparent object at a position where the image passed through the screen, a camera that captures the image that passed through the transparent object, and a control device that stores a reference position coordinate of the image that passed through a reference transparent object, compares the reference position coordinate with an inspection position coordinate of the image that passed through the transparent object as an object to be inspected, and calculates a displacement quantity of the reference position coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: University of Miyazaki
    Inventor: Kikuhito Kawasue
  • Publication number: 20100182423
    Abstract: A distortion inspecting apparatus, which inspects perspective distortion of a transparent object, includes a projector that projects a plurality of display points arranged at predetermined intervals, a screen that displays an image projected by the projector thereon and allows the image to pass therethrough, a pedestal that disposes the transparent object at a position where the image passed through the screen, a camera that captures the image that passed through the transparent object, and a control device that stores a reference position coordinate of the image that passed through a reference transparent object, compares the reference position coordinate with an inspection position coordinate of the image that passed through the transparent object as an object to be inspected, and calculates a displacement quantity of the reference position coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI
    Inventor: Kikuhito Kawasue
  • Patent number: 7499184
    Abstract: The invention provides a measuring apparatus that can efficiently analyze a three-dimensional image by simultaneously recording a circular streak image and a straight-line streak image at a measured point, even when a large number of circular streak images are present. A measuring apparatus includes: a 3CCD camera; a cubic beam splitter that combines optical images incident from plural routes; a mirror that shifts an image focusing position of an optical image at a measured point by a predetermined distance; a coloring unit that applies a predetermined color to an optical image incident to a route of the beam splitter; a motor that rotates the beam splitter and the mirror in a direction of an arrowhead; and a PC that calculates a three-dimensional position of the measured point based on the optical image recorded by a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kikuhito Kawasue, Yuichiro Oya
  • Publication number: 20060187469
    Abstract: The invention provides a measuring apparatus that can efficiently analyze a three-dimensional image by simultaneously recording a circular streak image and a straight-line streak image at a measured point, even when a large number of circular streak images are present. A measuring apparatus includes: a 3CCD camera; a cubic beam splitter that combines optical images incident from plural routes; a mirror that shifts an image focusing position of an optical image at a measured point by a predetermined distance; a coloring unit that applies a predetermined color to an optical image incident to a route of the beam splitter; a motor that rotates the beam splitter and the mirror in a direction of an arrowhead; and a PC that calculates a three-dimensional position of the measured point based on the optical image recorded by a camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Kikuhito Kawasue, Yuichiro Oya
  • Patent number: RE43463
    Abstract: The invention provides a measuring apparatus that can efficiently analyze a three-dimensional image by simultaneously recording a circular streak image and a straight-line streak image at a measured point, even when a large number of circular streak images are present. A measuring apparatus includes: a 3CCD camera; a cubic beam splitter that combines optical images incident from plural routes; a mirror that shifts an image focusing position of an optical image at a measured point by a predetermined distance; a coloring unit that applies a predetermined color to an optical image incident to a route of the beam splitter; a motor that rotates the beam splitter and the mirror in a direction of an arrowhead; and a PC that calculates a three-dimensional position of the measured point based on the optical image recorded by a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kikuhito Kawasue, Yuichiro Oya