Patents by Inventor Mitsuaki Nakahata

Mitsuaki Nakahata 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).

  • Detection apparatus, detection method and manipulator
    Patent number: 9482754
    Abstract: A detection unit comprising a manipulator, a imaging unit, a light beam irradiation unit and a computing unit, the imaging unit and the light beam irradiation unit are provided on a manipulator. The detection apparatus includes a horizontal imaging plane, which includes an optical axis of the imaging unit, and a vertical imaging plane, which includes the optical axis of the imaging unit and 1) a projection of a light beam from the light beam irradiation unit on the horizontal imaging plane and 2) a projection of a light beam from the light beam irradiation unit on the vertical imaging plane respectively form an intersecting angle with the optical axis of the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: KIKAI SEKKEI NAKAHATA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Nakahata, Hiroshi Nakahata
  • Detection apparatus, Detection method and Manipulator
    Publication number: 20150316648
    Abstract: A detection unit comprising a manipulator, a imaging unit, a light beam irradiation unit and a computing unit, the imaging unit and the light beam irradiation unit are provided on a manipulator. The detection apparatus includes a horizontal imaging plane, which includes an optical axis of the imaging unit, and a vertical imaging plane, which includes the optical axis of the imaging unit and 1) a projection of a light beam from the light beam irradiation unit on the horizontal imaging plane and 2) a projection of a light beam from the light beam irradiation unit on the vertical imaging plane respectively form an intersecting angle with the optical axis of the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Nakahata, Hiroshi Nakahata