Patents by Inventor Koichi Hamada
Koichi Hamada 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).
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Patent number: 10755384Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an object detection method such that an object such as a vehicle can be detected from an image captured by an on-board camera even when a lens of the on-board camera is dirty. In order to achieve the objective, in this object detection method for detecting an object included in a captured image, an original image including the object to be detected is prepared from the captured image, a processed image is generated from the prepared original image by applying predetermined processing to the original image, and learning regarding restoration of an image of the object to be detected is performed using the original image and the processed image.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Akiyama, Koichi Hamada, Yoshitaka Uchida, Takehito Ogata
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Patent number: 10629405Abstract: An electron beam device suitable for observing the bottom of a deep groove or hole with a high degree of accuracy under a large current condition includes: an electron optical system having an irradiation optical system to irradiate a first aperture with an electron beam emitted from an electron source and a reduction projection optical system to project and form an aperture image of the first aperture on a sample, detectors to detect secondary electrons emitted by irradiating the sample with the electron beam through the electron optical system. An image processing unit generates a two-dimensional image from detection signals obtained by irradiating the sample while the electron beam scans the sample two-dimensionally by scanning deflectors of the electron optical system. Further, generates a reconstructed image by deconvoluting electron beam intensity distribution information of an ideal aperture image of the first aperture from the generated two-dimensional image information.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yasunari Sohda, Momoyo Enyama, Megumi Kimura, Koichi Hamada
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Publication number: 20200025659Abstract: This fracture determination device 1 is provided with: an element extraction unit 22 which extracts elements included in the heat affected zone formed around a spot weld in a steel material; a reference forming limit value generation unit 23 which generates a reference forming limit value depending on sheet thickness and material property of the heat affected zone on the basis of reference forming limit value information; a heat affected zone forming limit value generation unit 24 which uses the tensile strength of the steel material and element size to change the reference forming limit value, predict the forming limit value for the element size and generated a forming limit value in the heat affected zone; an analysis running unit 25 which runs a deformation SIM using input information and which outputs deformation information including maximum principal strain and minimum principal strain of each of the elements; a principal strain determination unit 26 which determines the maximum principal strain and theType: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro AITOH, Koichi HAMADA, Yoshiyuki KASEDA
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Publication number: 20200021879Abstract: An information processing method in a content viewing system that includes: a first display apparatus and a second display apparatus configured to communicate with each other via a home network, receive and reproduce contents of a content distribution service from a server on a network; and a mobile terminal configured to communicate with each of the display apparatus, includes: a first step of obtaining account information, which the mobile terminal has, from the mobile terminal by the first display apparatus, the account information being associated with the content distribution service; a second step of transferring the account information to the second display apparatus by the first display apparatus; and a third step of receiving the contents from the server by using the account information by the second display apparatus to reproduce the contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Koichi HAMADA, Nobuaki KABUTO, Junji SHIOKAWA, Takashi MATSUBARA
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Publication number: 20190370609Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an object detection section that performs convolution computation on an input image based on a captured image obtained by capturing the image with a camera, and that detects an object; a feature map validation section that performs feature map validation validating a likelihood that the input image contains the object on the basis of a feature map obtained by the convolution computation; a time series validation section that performs time series validation validating a result of the feature map validation performed by the feature map validation section in time series; and a detection result correction section that corrects a detection result about the object output by the object detection section on the basis of a result of the time series validation performed by the time series validation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro AKIYAMA, Koichi HAMADA
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Patent number: 10486750Abstract: A steel sheet member combination structure includes: a first steel sheet member having a main wall portion, a standing wall portion that stands from an end edge of the main wall portion, and a flange portion that extends parallel to the main wall portion from an end edge of the standing wall portion; and a second steel sheet member having a horizontal wall portion that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the first steel sheet member and that abuts the main wall portion and a side wall portion that abuts the standing wall portion, and the first steel sheet member and the second steel sheet member satisfy predetermined relational expressions.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Hamada, Atsushi Ono, Yasunori Ito
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Publication number: 20190338381Abstract: A method for manufacturing a quenched molding according to the present disclosure is a method including a first heat treatment process of heating a blanked steel material to a temperature higher than its Ac3 transformation point to perform austenite transformation, and then cooling to induce martensite transformation or bainite transformation, and a second heat treatment process of heating the steel material that has undergone the first heat treatment process to a temperature higher than the Ac3 transformation point to perform austenite transformation, and then cooling to induce martensite transformation. After the steel material has been heated to a temperature higher than the Ac3 transformation point in at least one process from out of the first heat treatment process or the second heat treatment process, molding is completed at a temperature higher than an Ar3 transformation point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Toshiya SUZUKI, Atsuo KOGA, Koichi HAMADA
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Patent number: 10468006Abstract: A transportation vehicle part includes: a patch member 13 constructed of a plate-like metal patch panel 12, and a vibration attenuating resin layer 14 provided along a surface of the patch panel 12; and a metal base plate 16 closely adhered with the vibration attenuating resin layer 14 of the patch member 13 and affixed with the patch member 13. The patch panel 12 is produced via a rolling step. An acute angle between a longitudinal direction and a rolling direction of the patch panel 12 is 30 to 70 degrees. According to this structure, the natural frequency in a primary mode is made high, whereby the vibration characteristic is improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Seto, Koichi Hamada
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Patent number: 10425682Abstract: An information processing method in a content viewing system that includes: a first display apparatus and a second display apparatus configured to communicate with each other via a home network, receive and reproduce contents of a content distribution service from a server on a network; and a mobile terminal configured to communicate with each of the display apparatus, includes: a first step of obtaining account information, which the mobile terminal has, from the mobile terminal by the first display apparatus, the account information being associated with the content distribution service; a second step of transferring the account information to the second display apparatus by the first display apparatus; and a third step of receiving the contents from the server by using the account information by the second display apparatus to reproduce the contents.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Koichi Hamada, Nobuaki Kabuto, Junji Shiokawa, Takashi Matsubara
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Publication number: 20190287757Abstract: An electron beam device suitable for observing the bottom of a deep groove or hole with a high degree of accuracy under a large current condition includes: an electron optical system having an irradiation optical system to irradiate a first aperture with an electron beam emitted from an electron source and a reduction projection optical system to project and form an aperture image of the first aperture on a sample, detectors to detect secondary electrons emitted by irradiating the sample with the electron beam through the electron optical system. An image processing unit generates a two-dimensional image from detection signals obtained by irradiating the sample while the electron beam scans the sample two-dimensionally by scanning deflectors of the electron optical system. Further, generates a reconstructed image by deconvoluting electron beam intensity distribution information of an ideal aperture image of the first aperture from the generated two-dimensional image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yasunari SOHDA, Momoyo ENYAMA, Megumi KIMURA, Koichi HAMADA
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Patent number: 10336371Abstract: An impact absorbing member 10 able to secure absorption energy while lightening weight by absorbing the impact load applied in the axial direction by periodic buckling, wherein the impact absorbing member 10 is provided with a main body 20 comprised of metal sheet and having a polygonal shape in cross-section vertical to an axial direction and a center sheet 30 comprised of metal sheet and provided at a hollow part in the main body along the axial direction, the polygonal shape of the main body 20 includes a pair of long side (20a, 20b) facing each other, the center sheet 30 is joined to each of the long sides (20a, 20b) of the polygonal shape of the main body 20, and the sheet thickness t1 (mm) of the main body 20 and the sheet thickness t2 (mm) of the center sheet 30 satisfy 1.3×t1?t2.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Sawa, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Koichi Hamada, Yasunori Ito, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 10319602Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus which can more efficiently regenerate phosphoric acid which is able to be returned to etching treatment along with such etching treatment as much as possible without using a large facility, that is, a substrate treatment apparatus which treats a silicon substrate W on which a nitride film is formed by a liquid etchant which contains phosphoric acid, which comprises an etching treatment unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which gives a suitable quantity of liquid etchant to each substrate which is fed one at a time so as to etch the substrate and remove the nitride film, a phosphoric acid regenerating unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which mixes liquid etchant used for treatment of one substrate and a suitable quantity of liquid hydrofluoric acid for the amount of the used liquid etchant under a predetermined temperature environment to regenerate the phosphoric acid, and a phosphoric acid recovery unit (the pump 38, phosphoric acid recovery tank 50, and pump 52) which returns theType: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Koichi Hamada, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Masaaki Furuya, Hideki Mori, Yasushi Watanabe, Yoshinori Hayashi
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Patent number: 10300952Abstract: An impact absorbing member 10 able to secure absorption energy while lightening weight by absorbing the impact load applied in the axial direction by periodic buckling, wherein the impact absorbing member 10 is provided with a main body 20 comprised of metal sheet and having a polygonal shape in cross-section vertical to an axial direction and a center sheet 30 comprised of metal sheet and provided at a hollow part in the main body along the axial direction, the polygonal shape of the main body 20 includes a pair of long side (20a, 20b) facing each other, the center sheet 30 is joined to each of the long sides (20a, 20b) of the polygonal shape of the main body 20, and the sheet thickness t1 (mm) of the main body 20 and the sheet thickness t2 (mm) of the center sheet 30 satisfy 1.3×t1?t2.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Sawa, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Koichi Hamada, Yasunori Ito, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20190156131Abstract: An image processing device includes: a road surface detecting section to detect a road surface region from an input image based on a shot image obtained by shooting with a camera; a time-series verifying section to perform time-series verification to verify a result of detection of the road surface region in the input image in a time-series manner; a detection region selecting section to set a detection region for detection of an object in the input image according to the result of detection of the road surface region by the road surface detecting section and a result of the time-series verification by the time-series verifying section; and a detecting section to detect the object in the detection region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Yasuhiro AKIYAMA, Yasusi KANADA, Koichi HAMADA
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Publication number: 20190084025Abstract: This method for manufacturing a panel-like formed article has preparing a blank material made of a metal sheet having a tensile strength of 390 MPa or more and 980 MPa or less; and press-forming the blank material in a cold manner using a pressing apparatus to form the blank material into the panel-like formed article, in the press-forming, a blank holder, a first punch, and a second punch are relatively moved with respect to a die, thereby pressing the first punch and the second punch to the blank material, and pressing of the second punch to the blank material is completed before pressing of the first punch to the blank material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Koichi HAMADA, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA
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Patent number: 10199617Abstract: This assembled-battery stacker includes: a pair of end plates which is formed from a first steel sheet and is arranged at both ends of a battery block in the thickness direction; a connecting member which is formed from a second steel sheet and mutually connects the pair of the end plates; wherein the end plate includes: a bottom wall part that faces an end face of the battery block in the thickness direction; and a side wall part that extends from both sides of the bottom wall part to the thickness direction and covers a part of a lateral face of the battery block; and wherein the connecting member is arranged in order for the connecting member to overlap at least a part of the side wall part.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventor: Koichi Hamada
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Publication number: 20180367850Abstract: A television receiver 101 is connected to two or more wireless terminals via a communication line. A controller 214 and a network I/F 212 in the television receiver 101 send pieces of login information entered from the two or more wireless terminals to the content distribution server and obtain pieces of content list information each generated by the content distribution server based on the pieces of login information. An aggregated content list in which the obtained pieces of content list information are aggregated is generated. The display 210 displays the aggregated content list. The content list information includes content available for viewing on the information terminal connected to the communication line. The aggregated content list includes content available for viewing on the two or more information terminals in which the pieces of content list information are aggregated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Masahiro KAGEYAMA, Takashi MATSUBARA, Koichi HAMADA
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Publication number: 20180349303Abstract: Provided is an input-output system. An input-output system 100 includes an input-output operation part 110, and an input-output model having a character representation space constructed by a large-scale data set. When an input data and a character representation vector are input into the input-output operation part 110, an output data corresponding to the input data reflecting the characteristics corresponding to the character representation vector is output. Further, the input-output system 100 includes a character representation vector calculation part 120 which, when a character data set, which is a small-scale data set, is input, a character representation vector corresponding to the characteristics represented in the character data set is output by the input-output model and the character representation space fixed at the input-output operation part 110.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Koichi HAMADA, Kazuki FUJIKAWA, Yuya UNNO, Sosuke KOBAYAASHI, Yuta KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20180315167Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an object detection method such that an object such as a vehicle can be detected from an image captured by an on-board camera even when a lens of the on-board camera is dirty. In order to achieve the objective, in this object detection method for detecting an object included in a captured image, an original image including the object to be detected is prepared from the captured image, a processed image is generated from the prepared original image by applying predetermined processing to the original image, and learning regarding restoration of an image of the object to be detected is performed using the original image and the processed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Yasuhiro AKIYAMA, Koichi HAMADA, Yoshitaka UCHIDA, Takehito OGATA
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Publication number: 20180251160Abstract: A steel sheet member combination structure includes: a first steel sheet member having a main wall portion, a standing wall portion that stands from an end edge of the main wall portion, and a flange portion that extends parallel to the main wall portion from an end edge of the standing wall portion; and a second steel sheet member having a horizontal wall portion that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the first steel sheet member and that abuts the main wall portion and a side wall portion that abuts the standing wall portion, and the first steel sheet member and the second steel sheet member satisfy predetermined relational expressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi HAMADA, Atsushi ONO, Yasunori ITO