Patents by Inventor Masato KASHIHARA

Masato KASHIHARA 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: 11912284
    Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controller 33 as one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshito Hirata, Tomonori Ohtsubo, Hiroki Uemura, Kengo Iwata, Masato Maeda, Hiroaki Matsuda, Masahito Kashihara, Chieko Nakagami
  • Patent number: 10768118
    Abstract: According to a surface defect inspection device and a surface defect inspection method according to the present invention, an inspection face of an inspection object is irradiated with illumination light, and a defect at the inspection face is detected, based on an image including the inspection face captured. According to the surface defect inspection device and the surface defect inspection method, the illumination light is emitted with formation of at least one set of a light region and a dark region, and a range of a defect detection image region for the detection of the defect, to be set to the image capturing the inspection face irradiated with the illumination light in the light region, is adjusted in accordance with a previously defined degree of visibility for orange peel, at the detection of the defect at the inspection face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Harada, Masato Kashihara, Taizo Wakimura
  • Publication number: 20200088650
    Abstract: According to a surface defect inspection device and a surface defect inspection method according to the present invention, an inspection face of an inspection object is irradiated with illumination light, and a defect at the inspection face is detected, based on an image including the inspection face captured. According to the surface defect inspection device and the surface defect inspection method, the illumination light is emitted with formation of at least one set of a light region and a dark region, and a range of a defect detection image region for the detection of the defect, to be set to the image capturing the inspection face irradiated with the illumination light in the light region, is adjusted in accordance with a previously defined degree of visibility for orange peel, at the detection of the defect at the inspection face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Koji HARADA, Masato KASHIHARA, Taizo WAKIMURA