Patents by Inventor Masafumi DAIFUKU

Masafumi DAIFUKU 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: 11959828
    Abstract: A tire state estimation system (10) is provided with a crack shape acquisition unit (240) for acquiring the shape of a crack on the outer surface of a tire, a crack information DB (230) for holding a correspondence relationship in which at least either degree of opening or deviation width of the crack based on the shape of the crack is associated with the depth of the crack, and a crack depth estimation unit (250) for estimating the depth of the crack based on the acquired crack shape and the correspondence relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Tsuchiya, Masafumi Daifuku, Teppei Mori
  • Publication number: 20210223143
    Abstract: A tire state estimation system (10) is provided with a crack shape acquisition unit (240) for acquiring the shape of a crack on the outer surface of a tire, a crack information DB (230) for holding a correspondence relationship in which at least either degree of opening or deviation width of the crack based on the shape of the crack is associated with the depth of the crack, and a crack depth estimation unit (250) for estimating the depth of the crack based on the acquired crack shape and the correspondence relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei TSUCHIYA, Masafumi DAIFUKU, Teppei MORI
  • Publication number: 20210221288
    Abstract: A tire state management system (10) is provided with an image data acquisition unit (210) for acquiring 1st image data acquired by imaging the outer surface at a first timing and second image data acquired by imaging the outer surface at a second timing later than the first timing, a damage portion acquisition unit (220) for acquiring a damage included in the 1st image data and a damage included in the 2nd image data, a vehicle operation information acquisition unit (230) for acquiring operation information of a vehicle on which a tire is mounted, and a maintenance prediction unit (240) for estimating a progress speed based on the damage included in the 1st image data and the progress speed included in the 2nd image data and predicting a maintenance timing for the tire based on the progress speed and the operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanae FUJIKAKE, Hideyuki KANEDA, Teppei MORI, Masafumi DAIFUKU, Kei TSUCHIYA