Patents by Inventor Masaki Shiratsuki

Masaki Shiratsuki 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: 11279299
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a camera holder has a universal head, a fixing member, a fall prevention member, and a coupling member. A camera is attached to the universal head. The universal head is able to adjust a tilting angle of the camera. The fixing member is detachably adsorbed to a vehicle body. The fixing member fixes the universal head to the vehicle body such that a horizontal image capturing angle of the camera attached to the universal head is able to be adjusted. The fall prevention member has an adsorption portion. The adsorption portion is detachably attached to a place spaced apart from an attachment place of the fixing member and on an upper surface of the vehicle body in front of the fixing member. A coupling member causes the fixing member and the fall prevention member to be coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shiratsuki, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Yoko Yonekawa, Takahiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11256930
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a road surface management system inputs image data of road surface and capturing information of each of the image data and registers them. The image data are collected by repeatedly capturing a same route at predetermined distance. The capturing information includes information of a location and time at time of capturing. The system selects old and new images at a same spot from the registered image data, performs an association process, extracts an original image which is an old image at an arbitrary spot and a target image which is a new image associated with the original image unit based on the result of the association process, and outputs the original image and the target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Yonekawa, Yuri Kitani, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Masaki Shiratsuki, Takahiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11157750
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a captured image check system includes a camera, an image data input unit, a camera view angle judge processor, a road surface state analysis judge processor, and an output unit. The camera photographs a road surface. The image data input unit inputs image data to be used for analyzing a state of the road surface. The camera view angle judge processor performs a judge process of determining whether or not an angle of view of the camera satisfies a first condition for analyzing the state of the road surface on the basis of the image data. The road surface state analysis judge processor performs a judge process of determining whether or not a second condition for analyzing the state of the road surface is satisfied on the basis of image data of the road surface. The output unit outputs results of the judge processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Masaki Shiratsuki, Yoko Yonekawa, Akira Wada
  • Publication number: 20210124958
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a road surface management system inputs image data of road surface and capturing information of each of the image data and registers them. The image data are collected by repeatedly capturing a same route at predetermined distance. The capturing information includes information of a location and time at time of capturing. The system selects old and new images at a same spot from the registered image data, performs an association process, extracts an original image which is an old image at an arbitrary spot and a target image which is a new image associated with the original image unit based on the result of the association process, and outputs the original image and the target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yoko Yonekawa, Yuri Kitani, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Masaki Shiratsuki, Takahiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10872247
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image feature emphasis device, a road surface feature analysis device, an image feature emphasis method, and a road surface feature analysis method which can improve the accuracy of detection of features of a road surface in a road surface image are provided. The image feature emphasis device includes a region acquirer and an image feature emphasis processor. The region acquirer acquires a region of a road surface portion from an image that has been captured. The image feature emphasis processor emphasizes a feature of the acquired region of the road surface portion by changing brightness values in the region of the road surface portion on the basis of a maximum brightness value and a minimum brightness value in the region of the road surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Yonekawa, Yuuichi Nakamura, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Masaki Shiratsuki, Takahiko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20200156559
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a camera holder has a universal head, a fixing member, a fall prevention member, and a coupling member. A camera is attached to the universal head. The universal head is able to adjust a tilting angle of the camera. The fixing member is detachably adsorbed to a vehicle body. The fixing member fixes the universal head to the vehicle body such that a horizontal image capturing angle of the camera attached to the universal head is able to be adjusted. The fall prevention member has an adsorption portion. The adsorption portion is detachably attached to a place spaced apart from an attachment place of the fixing member and on an upper surface of the vehicle body in front of the fixing member. A coupling member causes the fixing member and the fall prevention member to be coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Shiratsuki, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Yoko Yonekawa, Takahiko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20200074413
    Abstract: A road maintenance management system according to an embodiment includes a road surface damage state information acquisition unit, a road environment information acquisition unit, a construction method and structure list acquisition unit, and a repair candidate list generator. The road surface damage state information acquisition unit is configured to acquire road surface damage state information indicating a damage state of a road surface of a management target. The road environment information acquisition unit is configured to acquire environment information of the road surface. The construction method and structure list acquisition unit is configured to acquire a construction method and structure list indicated by information regarding a repair of a road surface in accordance with a structure level of the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko YONEKAWA, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Masaki Shiratsuki, Yuri Kitani
  • Publication number: 20190279001
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a captured image check system includes a camera, an image data input unit, a camera view angle judge processor, a road surface state analysis judge processor, and an output unit. The camera photographs a road surface. The image data input unit inputs image data to be used for analyzing a state of the road surface. The camera view angle judge processor performs a judge process of determining whether or not an angle of view of the camera satisfies a first condition for analyzing the state of the road surface on the basis of the image data. The road surface state analysis judge processor performs a judge process of determining whether or not a second condition for analyzing the state of the road surface is satisfied on the basis of image data of the road surface. The output unit outputs results of the judge processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiko Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Masaki Shiratsuki, Yoko Yonekawa, Akira Wada
  • Publication number: 20190163994
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image feature emphasis device, a road surface feature analysis device, an image feature emphasis method, and a road surface feature analysis method which can improve the accuracy of detection of features of a road surface in a road surface image are provided. The image feature emphasis device includes a region acquirer and an image feature emphasis processor. The region acquirer acquires a region of a road surface portion from an image that has been captured. The image feature emphasis processor emphasizes a feature of the acquired region of the road surface portion by changing brightness values in the region of the road surface portion on the basis of a maximum brightness value and a minimum brightness value in the region of the road surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Yoko Yonekawa, Yuuichi Nakamura, Nobuyuki Kumakura, Masaki Shiratsuki, Takahiko Yamazaki