Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Kimura

Mitsuo Kimura 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: 10872263
    Abstract: A first derivation unit configured to derive, by performing feature point comparison, first transform information used for coordinate transform between a coordinate system in a whole image obtained by capturing in advance the whole of an object and a coordinate system in a first image obtained by capturing the object; a second derivation unit configured to derive, by performing feature point tracking to track position of a feature point extracted from the first image for a plurality of images input sequentially following the first image, second transform information used for coordinate transform between coordinate system of the first image and coordinate system of a second image of the plurality of images; and a third derivation unit configured to derive third transform information used for coordinate transform between coordinate system in the whole image and coordinate system in the second image by combining first transform information and second transform information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 10837602
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage tank includes a liner layer to store hydrogen and a carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer disposed outside the liner layer. The liner layer is formed from a low-alloy steel, and the carbon fiber forming the carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer is a pitch based carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Takagi, Akihide Nagao, Mitsuo Kimura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Toshio Takano
  • Patent number: 10697036
    Abstract: Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners that, when used as raw material for manufacturing a composite pressure vessel liner, yields a liner having sufficient strength and a high fatigue limit and enables the manufacture of an inexpensive composite pressure vessel is provided. Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 5.0%, P: 0.0005% to 0.060%, S: 0.0001% to 0.010%, N: 0.0001% to 0.010%, and Al: 0.01% to 0.06%, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and a metallic microstructure in which a mean grain size of prior austenite grains is 20 ?m or less, and a total area ratio of martensite and lower bainite is 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Takagi, Akihide Nagao, Mitsuo Kimura, Hiroshi Okano
  • Patent number: 10621427
    Abstract: A search area is set on a recognition target image, cutout areas are set at a plurality of positions in the search area, images corresponding to the plurality of set cutout areas are extracted, similarities of candidate characters obtained by comparison between the extracted images and dictionary data is weighted in accordance with the positions of the cutout areas. In such a manner, evaluation values of the candidate characters are obtained, and a candidate character with the highest evaluation value among the obtained candidate characters is output as a recognition result. Further, a search area relating to a next character is set based on position information about the cutout area corresponding to the recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 10586099
    Abstract: An apparatus obtains first transformation information, such as a first transformation matrix, to be used for coordinate transformation between a coordinate system in an overall image prepared beforehand and a coordinate system in a first captured image, by comparing a feature point extracted from the overall image and a feature point extracted from the first captured image. In a case where the first transformation information is updated, the apparatus generates a partial image from the overall image based on an image-taking position of a just preceding image, and compares a feature point extracted from the partial image with a feature point extracted from a captured image to be used for updating of the first transformation information, and accordingly obtains transformation information for updating. The apparatus updates the first transformation information by using the obtained transformation information for updating. Thus, accuracy of tracking processing is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190347503
    Abstract: A first derivation unit configured to derive, by performing feature point comparison, first transform information used for coordinate transform between a coordinate system in a whole image obtained by capturing in advance the whole of an object and a coordinate system in a first image obtained by capturing the object; a second derivation unit configured to derive, by performing feature point tracking to track position of a feature point extracted from the first image for a plurality of images input sequentially following the first image, second transform information used for coordinate transform between coordinate system of the first image and coordinate system of a second image of the plurality of images; and a third derivation unit configured to derive third transform information used for coordinate transform between coordinate system in the whole image and coordinate system in the second image by combining first transform information and second transform information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190005323
    Abstract: An apparatus obtains first transformation information, such as a first transformation matrix, to be used for coordinate transformation between a coordinate system in an overall image prepared beforehand and a coordinate system in a first captured image, by comparing a feature point extracted from the overall image and a feature point extracted from the first captured image. In a case where the first transformation information is updated, the apparatus generates a partial image from the overall image based on an image-taking position of a just preceding image, and compares a feature point extracted from the partial image with a feature point extracted from a captured image to be used for updating of the first transformation information, and accordingly obtains transformation information for updating. The apparatus updates the first transformation information by using the obtained transformation information for updating. Thus, accuracy of tracking processing is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 10134138
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the embodiments, a search region is set for a recognition target image, cut regions are set at a plurality of positions in the search region, images respectively corresponding to the plurality of set cut regions are extracted, each of the extracted images is compared with dictionary data to detect candidate character information and position information about the cut region that corresponds to the candidate character. Then, the candidate character information that has the highest evaluation value in the detected candidate character information is output as a recognition result, and based on the position information about the cut region corresponding to the recognition result, a search region for a next character is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20180230567
    Abstract: Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners that, when used as raw material for manufacturing a composite pressure vessel liner, yields a liner having sufficient strength and a high fatigue limit and enables the manufacture of an inexpensive composite pressure vessel is provided. Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 5.0%, P: 0.0005% to 0.060%, S: 0.0001% to 0.010%, N: 0.0001% to 0.010%, and Al: 0.01% to 0.06%, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and a metallic microstructure in which a mean grain size of prior austenite grains is 20 ?m or less, and a total area ratio of martensite and lower bainite is 90% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku TAKAGI, Akihide NAGAO, Mitsuo KIMURA, Hiroshi OKANO
  • Publication number: 20180150689
    Abstract: A search area is set on a recognition target image, cutout areas are set at a plurality of positions in the search area, images corresponding to the plurality of set cutout areas are extracted, similarities of candidate characters obtained by comparison between the extracted images and dictionary data is weighted in accordance with the positions of the cutout areas. In such a manner, evaluation values of the candidate characters are obtained, and a candidate character with the highest evaluation value among the obtained candidate characters is output as a recognition result. Further, a search area relating to a next character is set based on position information about the cutout area corresponding to the recognition result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 9932651
    Abstract: A heavy wall and high strength seamless steel pipe having high sour resistance is provided. In particular, a quenching and tempering treatment is conducted to adjust the yield strength to be higher than 450 MPa and adjust the Vickers hardness HV5 that can be measured at an outermost side or an innermost side of the pipe under a 5 kgf load (test load: 49 N) to be 250 HV5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Ishiguro, Mitsuo Kimura, Kenichiro Eguchi, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Tadao Katagiri, Masahito Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180044748
    Abstract: Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners that, when used as raw material for manufacturing a composite pressure vessel liner, yields a liner having sufficient strength and a high fatigue limit and enables the manufacture of an inexpensive composite pressure vessel is provided. Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 5.0%, P: 0.0005% to 0.060%, S: 0.0001% to 0.010%, N: 0.0001% to 0.010%, and Al: 0.01% to 0.06%, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and a metallic microstructure in which a mean grain size of prior austenite grains is 20 ?m or less, and a total area ratio of martensite and lower bainite is 90% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku TAKAGI, Akihide NAGAO, Mitsuo KIMURA, Hiroshi OKANO
  • Publication number: 20170262999
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the embodiments, a search region is set for a recognition target image, cut regions are set at a plurality of positions in the search region, images respectively corresponding to the plurality of set cut regions are extracted, each of the extracted images is compared with dictionary data to detect candidate character information and position information about the cut region that corresponds to the candidate character. Then, the candidate character information that has the highest evaluation value in the detected candidate character information is output as a recognition result, and based on the position information about the cut region corresponding to the recognition result, a search region for a next character is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 9758850
    Abstract: A pipe having chemical composition contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.15% or more and 1.0% or less, Cr: 13.5% or more and 15.4% or less, Ni: 3.5% or more and 6.0% or less, Mo: 1.5% or more and 5.0% or less, Cu: 3.5% or less, W: 2.5% or less, and N: 0.15% or less so that the relationship ?5.9×(7.82+27C?0.91 Si+0.21Mn?0.9Cr+Ni?1.1Mo?0.55W+0.2Cu+11N)?13.0 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Eguchi, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Yukio Miyata, Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 9683651
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a transmission includes a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, and a hollow cylindrical member. The first tubular portion has a cavity and includes a flange at one end adjacent to a gear shaft of the transmission. The first tubular portion has a first enlarged-diameter part extending in an axial direction from a joint at which the first tubular portion is joined to the second tubular portion. The second tubular portion has a second enlarged-diameter part that extends in the axial direction from the joint and has a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the first enlarged-diameter part. The hollow cylindrical member is disposed in the first and second tubular portions and tightly fitted in the first and second enlarged-diameter parts of the first and second tubular portions joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Fukasawa, Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 9460061
    Abstract: A webpage print server transmits script to a client terminal that has run a bookmarklet, and the client terminal that has run the script transmits an HTML of a webpage under display by a web browser to the webpage print server. In the case where the webpage print server was unable to acquire the external files in accordance with an external file reference command contained in this HTML, the webpage print server transmits script that causes acquisition of external files to the client device, and the webpage print server acquires the external files from the client device. The webpage print server then generates printing data based on the acquired external files and the aforementioned HTML.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 9354828
    Abstract: A client terminal transmits a request to a printing apparatus for a registration web page for registering, in a print server, a printing apparatus used in a print service provided by the print server. The printing apparatus collects configuration information of the printing apparatus in response to reception of the request, and creates link information which contains the collected configuration information and is used to access the print server. The printing apparatus then generates a registration web page containing the created link information, and transmits it to the client terminal. The print server receives the configuration information of the printing apparatus transmitted from the client terminal via the registration web page transmitted to the client terminal. The print server creates printing apparatus information which associates the configuration information with user information of the user of the client terminal, and manages it in a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 9347544
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transmission mounting structure. A transmission case is constructed by connecting a clutch case, a case main body, and an end case, which are split in the direction of a rotational center axis. The clutch case and the case main body are provided with projecting portions. The projecting portions are connected by co-fastening bolts. Fixtures are secured to the projecting portions by mounting bolts, which are installed from the direction of the rotational center axis. The transmission is installed to a vehicle through the intermediary of supports. The projecting portions are co-fastened by the mounting bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ashimori, Mitsuo Kimura, Yoshimi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20160091140
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage tank includes a liner layer to store hydrogen and a carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer disposed outside the liner layer. The liner layer is formed from a low-alloy steel, and the carbon fiber forming the carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer is a pitch based carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: JEF STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Takagi, Akihide Nagao, Mitsuo Kimura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Toshio Takano
  • Patent number: 9234254
    Abstract: A seamless steel tube contains 0.15% to 0.50% C, 0.1% to 1.0% Si, 0.3% to 1.0% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.01% to 0.1% Al, 0.01% or less N, 0.1% to 1.7% Cr, 0.4% to 1.1% Mo, 0.01% to 0.12% V, 0.01% to 0.08% Nb, and 0.0005% to 0.003% B or further contains 0.03% to 1.0% Cu on a mass basis and has a microstructure which has a composition containing 0.40% or more solute Mo and a tempered martensite phase that is a main phase and which contains prior-austenite grains with a grain size number of 8.5 or more and 0.06% by mass or more of a dispersed M2C-type precipitate with substantially a particulate shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Eguchi, Yuji Tanaka, Mitsuo Kimura, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Katsumi Yamada, Haruo Nakamichi