Patents by Inventor Masato Sugiula

Masato Sugiula 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).

  • Apparatus for monitoring wall surface
    Patent number: 6002993
    Abstract: An apparatus provides a correct image of the surface of an inner wall of a narrow red-hot coking chamber of a coke oven. The apparatus employs linear CCD cameras (LC2 to LC5). The cameras are arranged so that optical axes thereof obliquely cross the inner wall. The cameras are moved by a carriage (HSA) with a linear view field of the cameras being substantially in parallel with the inner wall. The cameras provide linear images while being moved. The linear images are combined into a two-dimensional image and stored in an image memory under the control of an image processing unit (11A). The image is read out of the memory and displayed or printed on an output unit (10, MOV, CPTR, PTR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Naito, Takanori Kajiya, Masato Sugiula, Masahiko Yokomizo