Patents by Inventor Kiyofumi Aikawa

Kiyofumi Aikawa 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: 20240118219
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a limiting unit that is provided between a light source and a target region and limits light traveling from the light source toward the target region, and an imaging unit that captures an image using light passing through the limiting unit, reflected from the target region, and incident on the imaging unit. The limiting unit allows light, which travels in one direction and is incident on the imaging unit in a case where the light is specularly reflected from the target region, to pass and allows at least a part of light, which travels in other directions, not to pass, among light emitted from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Kaito TASAKI, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • Patent number: 11941795
    Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and receive a change in a range used to calculate the numerical value indicated by an index in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Hiramatsu, Kaito Tasaki, Kiyofumi Aikawa, Miho Uno, Hirokazu Ichikawa, Yoshitaka Kuwada
  • Patent number: 11941829
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging a space by one imaging device fixed in the space, specify, in the image, a two-dimensional coordinate of a bright spot indicating light emission of a light emitting device moving in the space, acquire output information output by the light emitting device, and specify a three-dimensional coordinate in the space of the light emitting device based on the output information and the two-dimensional coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shuhei Kobayakawa, Kiyofumi Aikawa, Daisuke Matsumoto, Kei Shimotani
  • Patent number: 11892416
    Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Aikawa, Takashi Hiramatsu, Kaito Tasaki, Miho Uno, Hirokazu Ichikawa, Hiroko Onuki, Yoshitaka Kuwada
  • Patent number: 11877098
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire, among a plurality of images obtained by periodically capturing one or more lighting devices that repeat blinking according to a determined pattern, a first image and a second image in which a lighted lighting device is captured and in response to a distance from a position of the device indicated by the first image to a position of the device indicated by the second image being within a range corresponding to a period from a time of capturing the first image to a time of capturing the second image, regard the lighting device indicated by the first image and the lighting device indicated by the second image are the same, and specify the pattern of the lighting device that has been regarded the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Aikawa, Kei Shimotani, Daisuke Matsumoto, Shuhei Kobayakawa
  • Patent number: 11868964
    Abstract: A production plan creation device includes a processor configured to determine, when creating a plan for multiple tasks performed to produce a product, multiple candidate plans having a most favorable value for each of multiple predetermined evaluation indicators, and cause the multiple candidate plans to be displayed such that the respective evaluation values of the multiple evaluation indicators are comparable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Aikawa, Ryosuke Takahashi, Shuhei Kobayakawa
  • Patent number: 11710225
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a surface inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of an object, a non-transitory computer readable medium thereof, and a surface inspection method thereof. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and display, on a display device, the image including an index for specifying a position of a portion that has contributed to the calculation of the numerical value and the numerical value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Hiramatsu, Kaito Tasaki, Kiyofumi Aikawa, Miho Uno, Hirokazu Ichikawa, Hiroko Onuki, Yoshitaka Kuwada
  • Patent number: 11656611
    Abstract: A production plan creation device includes a processor configured to receive, in a case of receiving a modification request to add a new task to an existing plan including plural tasks performed to produce a product using resources, a retention condition for retaining the plan for a task included in the existing plan, and modify the existing plan into a plan in which the plural tasks and the new task are performed using the resources while accounting for the retention condition and content of the new task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Takahashi, Kiyofumi Aikawa, Shuhei Kobayakawa
  • Publication number: 20230089064
    Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device that images a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate an evaluation value of a texture of the object through processing of an image imaged by the imaging device; and detect reflection of a cause of erroneous calculation of the image within a specific range based on at least brightness information of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Takashi HIRAMATSU, Kaito TASAKI, Miho UNO, Hirokazu ICHIKAWA, Hiroko ONUKI, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • Publication number: 20220392052
    Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and display, on a display device, the image including an index for specifying a position of a portion that has contributed to the calculation of the numerical value and the numerical value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi HIRAMATSU, Kaito TASAKI, Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Miho UNO, Hirokazu ICHIKAWA, Hiroko ONUKI, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • Publication number: 20220392050
    Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and receive a change in a range used to calculate the numerical value indicated by an index in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi HIRAMATSU, Kaito TASAKI, Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Miho UNO, Hirokazu ICHIKAWA, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • Publication number: 20220390385
    Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Takashi HIRAMATSU, Kaito TASAKI, Miho UNO, Hirokazu ICHIKAWA, Hiroko ONUKI, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • Publication number: 20220291137
    Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device that images a portion of an object to be inspected, a first light source that is included in multiple light sources that illuminate the portion and that is configured such that a light component that is included in light emitted from the first light source and that is reflected by specular reflection from the portion to be inspected is a principal light component that is incident on the imaging device, and a second light source that is included in the multiple light sources and that is disposed opposite the first light source with an optical axis of the imaging device interposed therebetween such that a light component that is reflected by diffuse reflection from the portion to be inspected is a principal light component that is incident on the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi HIRAMATSU, Kaito TASAKI, Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Miho UNO, Hiroko ONUKI, Hirokazu ICHIKAWA, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • Publication number: 20220019201
    Abstract: A production plan creation device includes a processor configured to receive, in a case of receiving a modification request to add a new task to an existing plan including plural tasks performed to produce a product using resources, a retention condition for retaining the plan for a task included in the existing plan, and modify the existing plan into a plan in which the plural tasks and the new task are performed using the resources while accounting for the retention condition and content of the new task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryosuke TAKAHASHI, Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Shuhei KOBAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220019953
    Abstract: A production plan creation device includes a processor configured to acquire information about multiple tasks performed to produce a product using resources, determine a provisional order of two or more tasks among the multiple tasks while accounting for a predetermined condition for performing the multiple tasks, create a provisional plan in which resources are assigned in an order obtained by correcting the provisional order to account for the condition, and create a candidate plan on a basis of an evaluation of the provisional plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryosuke TAKAHASHI, Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Shuhei KOBAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220019973
    Abstract: A production plan creation device includes a processor configured to determine, when creating a plan for multiple tasks performed to produce a product, multiple candidate plans having a most favorable value for each of multiple predetermined evaluation indicators, and cause the multiple candidate plans to be displayed such that the respective evaluation values of the multiple evaluation indicators are comparable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Ryosuke TAKAHASHI, Shuhei KOBAYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11113486
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, and a processor configured to perform control to cause the light source to blink in a blink pattern corresponding to output information including identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus, and configured to, when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, change a time interval between the blink patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20210256231
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, and a processor configured to perform control to cause the light source to blink in a blink pattern corresponding to output information including identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus, and configured to, when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, change a time interval between the blink patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Kiyofumi AIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210150864
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire, among a plurality of images obtained by periodically capturing one or more lighting devices that repeat blinking according to a determined pattern, a first image and a second image in which a lighted lighting device is captured and in response to a distance from a position of the device indicated by the first image to a position of the device indicated by the second image being within a range corresponding to a period from a time of capturing the first image to a time of capturing the second image, regard the lighting device indicated by the first image and the lighting device indicated by the second image are the same, and specify the pattern of the lighting device that has been regarded the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Kei SHIMOTANI, Daisuke MATSUMOTO, Shuhei KOBAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210097708
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging a space by one imaging device fixed in the space, specify, in the image, a two-dimensional coordinate of a bright spot indicating light emission of a light emitting device moving in the space, acquire output information output by the light emitting device, and specify a three-dimensional coordinate in the space of the light emitting device based on the output information and the two-dimensional coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei KOBAYAKAWA, Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Daisuke MATSUMOTO, Kei SHIMOTANI