Patents by Inventor Masaru Horiguchi

Masaru Horiguchi 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: 10908095
    Abstract: An inspection device of the present disclosure may include an image acquisition unit that acquires image data including an inspection object, the image data being captured by a wearable camera attached to a worker inspecting the inspection object, an inspection state acquisition unit that acquires inspection state information for calculating at least one of a deviation distance from a regulation distance or a deviation angle from a regulation angle with respect to the inspection object of the worker, and an image correction unit that calculates at least one of the deviation distance or the deviation angle based on the image data and the inspection state information and corrects the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Nakamura, Katsuhiro Miyagaki, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Shinji Kato, Masaru Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 10705025
    Abstract: An inspection device includes a wearable camera attached to a worker that images an inspection object, and a laser pointer that indicates an imaging region of the wearable camera to the worker. The laser pointer is attached to the worker to emit a laser beam in a direction parallel to a line of sight of the wearable camera such that a relative distance between a light point of the laser beam and the imaging region of the wearable camera is constant and does not vary depending on a distance between the laser pointer and the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Kato, Katsuhiro Miyagaki, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Masaru Horiguchi, Kohei Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190219516
    Abstract: An inspection device includes a wearable camera attached to a worker that images an inspection object, and a laser pointer that indicates an imaging region of the wearable camera to the worker. The laser pointer is attached to the worker to emit a laser beam in a direction parallel to a line of sight of the wearable camera such that a relative distance between a light point of the laser beam and the imaging region of the wearable camera is constant and does not vary depending on a distance between the laser pointer and the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji KATO, Katsuhiro MIYAGAKI, Hiroyuki IWATSUKI, Masaru HORIGUCHI, Kohei NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190222810
    Abstract: An inspection device includes a trigger detection unit that detects a trigger of visual confirmation work, and a camera control unit that controls a wearable camera worn by a worker to take an image when the trigger of the visual confirmation work is detected by the trigger detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Masaru HORIGUCHI, Kohei NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki IWATSUKI, Katsuhiro MIYAGAKI, Shinji KATO
  • Publication number: 20190219518
    Abstract: An inspection device of the present disclosure may include an image acquisition unit that acquires image data including an inspection object, the image data being captured by a wearable camera attached to a worker inspecting the inspection object, an inspection state acquisition unit that acquires inspection state information for calculating at least one of a deviation distance from a regulation distance or a deviation angle from a regulation angle with respect to the inspection object of the worker, and an image correction unit that calculates at least one of the deviation distance or the deviation angle based on the image data and the inspection state information and corrects the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kohei NAKAMURA, Katsuhiro MIYAGAKI, Hiroyuki IWATSUKI, Shinji KATO, Masaru HORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190219517
    Abstract: An inspection device includes an irregular work detection unit that detects a worker carrying out irregular work different from standard work of an inspection, and a camera control unit that controls a wearable camera worn by the worker to take an image when irregular work is detected by the irregular work detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Masaru HORIGUCHI, Hiroyuki IWATSUKI, Kohei NAKAMURA, Katsuhiro MIYAGAKI, Shinji KATO
  • Publication number: 20190220966
    Abstract: An inspection device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires image data including an inspection object, the image data being captured by a wearable camera, a characteristic amount calculation unit that calculates a characteristic amount capable of specifying the inspection object in the image data as a calculated characteristic amount, and a condition checking unit that compares the calculated characteristic amount with a learning characteristic amount stored in a learning information storage unit to check the condition of the inspection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kohei NAKAMURA, Katsuhiro MIYAGAKI, Hiroyuki IWATSUKI, Shinji KATO, Masaru HORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190220999
    Abstract: An inspection device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires image data including an inspection object captured by a wearable camera, a deviation information acquisition unit that acquires deviation information for calculating at least one of: a deviation distance from a regulation distance of the inspection object in the image data, or a deviation angle from a regulation angle of the inspection object in the image data, and an image correction unit that calculates at least one of the deviation distance or the deviation angle based on the image data and the deviation information and corrects the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuhiro MIYAGAKI, Kohei NAKAMURA, Masaru HORIGUCHI, Shinji KATO, Hiroyuki IWATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20190222808
    Abstract: An inspection device includes a first wearable camera attached to a worker and configured to capture a relatively bright first image, a second wearable camera similarly attached to the worker and configured to capture a relatively dark second image, and a controller that functions as an inspection unit that determines the quality of a workpiece based on the first image of the workpiece captured by the first wearable camera and the second image of the workpiece captured by the second wearable camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji KATO, Katsuhiro MIYAGAKI, Hiroyuki IWATSUKI, Masaru HORIGUCHI, Kohei NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 6897460
    Abstract: When an ultraviolet pasteurizer is used in a room free of a person, left and right light shield doors are opened to expose ultraviolet lamps outwardly. When an operation switch on a control panel is then turned on, an operation start timer is actuated, and the ultraviolet lamps are then energized to sterilize surrounding surfaces after elapse of 5 minutes. When the ultraviolet pasteurizer is used in a room occupied by a person, the left and right light shield doors are closed to direct the ultraviolet lamps inwardly until all light shield doors are brought into a substantially triangular prism. When the operation switch on the control panel is then turned on, the ultraviolet lamps and a fan are energized to draw external air from an air inlet. The drawn air passes through an inner radiation chamber defined inwardly of the light shield doors that have been combined into the substantially triangular prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Top
    Inventors: Susumu Kobayashi, Masaru Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20030170152
    Abstract: When an ultraviolet pasteurizer is used in a room free of a person, left and right light shield doors are opened to expose ultraviolet lamps outwardly. When an operation switch on a control panel is then turned on, an operation start timer is actuated, and the ultraviolet lamps are then energized to sterilize surrounding surfaces after elapse of 5 minutes. When the ultraviolet pasteurizer is used in a room occupied by a person, the left and right light shield doors are closed to direct the ultraviolet lamps inwardly until all light shield doors are brought into a substantially triangular prism. When the operation switch on the control panel is then turned on, the ultraviolet lamps and a fan are energized to draw external air from an air inlet. The drawn air passes through an inner radiation chamber defined inwardly of the light shield doors that have been combined into the substantially triangular prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Susumu Kobayashi, Masaru Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 4171987
    Abstract: A micro-porous sheet having excellent thermostability which contains a cellulose ester as a basic component and 0.1 to 20 wt% of a cellulose ether based on the cellulose ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Horiguchi, Nobuo Hiratsuka, Sumio Otani
  • Patent number: 4097383
    Abstract: A process for producing a microporous sheet comprising peeling off a microporous sheet of a resin bonded to a plate from the plate in such a manner that the microporous sheet is split into two sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumio Ohtani, Nobuo Hiratsuka, Masaru Horiguchi