Patents by Inventor Naoki Konishi

Naoki Konishi 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: 8285003
    Abstract: A personal authentication method comprising imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from retinal blood vessels of the ocular fundus and a blood vessel layer in ocular fundus internal tissue when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate the ocular fundus, calculating a quantity that represents the rate of change with respect to time of the amount of light received for each pixel of the laser speckle, obtaining an ocular fundus blood flow map as a two-dimensional map of the numerical values of the quantity, and comparison-checking against pre-registered personal data utilizing at least one, observed in the blood flow map, of blood flow distribution data, a pattern reflecting the course of retinal blood vessels, a pattern reflecting the course of blood vessels in ocular fundus internal tissue observed superimposed thereon, and data on changes thereof over time, and a device therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Kyushu Institute of Technology, Syscom Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20110077355
    Abstract: A method of producing an enlarged rubber that includes mixing 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a condensed acid salt (B) and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of the solid fraction of an acid group-containing copolymer latex (C) with 100 parts by mass of the solid fraction of a rubber-like polymer latex (A). A graft copolymer obtained by polymerization in the presence of an enlarged rubber obtained by the above production method, a thermoplastic resin composition containing the graft copolymer, and a molded item obtained by molding the thermoplastic resin composition. The acid group-containing copolymer latex (C) is a latex of an acid group-containing copolymer obtained by polymerizing, within water, a monomer mixture containing 5 to 30% by mass of an acid group-containing monomer and 95 to 70% by mass of an unsaturated carboxylate ester-based monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Shikisai, Naoki Konishi, Yasuo Masaki
  • Patent number: 7844083
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for acquiring personal identification data by extracting a ridge-and-recess pattern corresponding to a fingerprint or a knuckle joint and lines on a palm by utilizing characteristics by which subcutaneous bloodstream distribution is spatially modulated by the ridge-and-recess pattern on the surface when measuring a subcutaneous bloodstream distribution based on a bloodstream measuring technology utilizing laser scattering, and by acquiring the same as personal identification data based on living body information, and the same method for acquiring personal identification data includes the steps of: irradiating a laser beam onto at least a part of a fingertip surface or a palm; imaging reflection light from subcutaneous blood vessel layers at an irradiation spot to which a laser beam is irradiated by receiving the same on an image sensor as laser speckles; calculating a change ratio of a light-receiving amount at respective pixels of the laser speckles; preparing a two-di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignees: Kyushu Institute of Technology, Syscom Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Patent number: 7817256
    Abstract: A personal authentication method is provided that includes imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from a blood vessel layer in subcutaneous and internal tissues when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate a finger pad, calculating a quantity that represents the rate of change with respect to time of the amount of light received for each pixel of the laser speckle, obtaining a finger pad blood flow map as a two-dimensional map of the numerical values, and comparison-checking the blood flow map against pre-registered data of individuals, wherein using a near-infrared laser beam or using this in combination with a visible laser beam, comparison-checking against pre-registered data of individuals is carried out using a pattern reflecting a fingerprint occurring within the finger pad blood flow map obtained from reflected light and, observed superimposed thereon, an internal tissue blood flow distribution pattern, and there is also provided a device used for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kyushu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20100168585
    Abstract: A personal authentication method is provided that includes imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from a blood vessel layer in subcutaneous and internal tissues when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate a finger pad, calculating a quantity that represents the rate of change with respect to time of the amount of light received for each pixel of the laser speckle, obtaining a finger pad blood flow map as a two-dimensional map of the numerical values, and comparison-checking the blood flow map against pre-registered data of individuals, wherein using a near-infrared laser beam or using this in combination with a visible laser beam, comparison-checking against pre-registered data of individuals is carried out using a pattern reflecting a fingerprint occurring within the finger pad blood flow map obtained from reflected light and, observed superimposed thereon, an internal tissue blood flow distribution pattern, and there is also provided a device used for
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Patent number: 7597443
    Abstract: Provided is a wide viewing angle ocular fundus blood flow imaging device in which the measurement field of view is enlarged and which includes a projection system that turns a laser beam into a rectangular spot on the ocular fundus, an observation system that images the rectangular spot on an image sensor placed on the corresponding image plane, an observation optical system for carrying out positioning of the laser spot, and a mechanism for monitoring the movement of an ocular fundus blood vessel image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Kyushu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20090202113
    Abstract: A personal authentication method comprising imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from retinal blood vessels of the ocular fundus and a blood vessel layer in ocular fundus internal tissue when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate the ocular fundus, calculating a quantity that represents the rate of change with respect to time of the amount of light received for each pixel of the laser speckle, obtaining an ocular fundus blood flow map as a two-dimensional map of the numerical values of the quantity, and comparison-checking against pre-registered personal data utilizing at least one, observed in the blood flow map, of blood flow distribution data, a pattern reflecting the course of retinal blood vessels, a pattern reflecting the course of blood vessels in ocular fundus internal tissue observed superimposed thereon, and data on changes thereof over time, and a device therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicants: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SYSCOM JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20070291226
    Abstract: With regard to a conventionally known ocular fundus blood flow imaging device, that is, a device in which the ocular fundus is irradiated with an expanded laser beam, light reflected from the ocular fundus is imaged on a 2-dimensional image sensor as a laser speckle, and a change over time of the laser speckle generated on the image plane is measured for each pixel to thus display an image as a blood flow map, a wide viewing angle ocular fundus blood flow imaging device in which the measurement field of view is enlarged includes a projection system that turns a laser beam into a rectangular spot on the ocular fundus, and an observation system that images the rectangular spot on an image sensor placed on the corresponding image plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20070263906
    Abstract: The personal identification method through the measurement of subcutaneous bloodstream comprising: (1) a step of expanding and irradiating a laser beam to a finger pad and focusing light reflected from a blood vessel layer under skin onto an image sensor plane as laser speckles by using an optical system; (2) a step of determining an amount representing the rate of time variation of the amount of received light at each pixel of the laser speckles, for example, a mean rate of time variation or the reciprocal of the variation of the received light amount which is integrated in accordance with an exposure time of the image sensor, and setting the numerical value thus achieved as a two-dimensional map to thereby achieve a bloodstream map of the finger pad; and (3) a step of comparing a fingerprint pattern appearing as the bloodstream map with preregistered personal data for identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20070177772
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for acquiring personal identification data by extracting a ridge-and-recess pattern corresponding to a fingerprint or a knuckle joint and lines on a palm by utilizing characteristics by which subcutaneous bloodstream distribution is spatially modulated by the ridge-and-recess pattern on the surface when measuring a subcutaneous bloodstream distribution based on a bloodstream measuring technology utilizing laser scattering, and by acquiring the same as personal identification data based on living body information, and the same method for acquiring personal identification data includes the steps of: irradiating a laser beam onto at least a part of a fingertip surface or a palm; imaging reflection light from subcutaneous blood vessel layers at an irradiation spot to which a laser beam is irradiated by receiving the same on an image sensor as laser speckles; calculating a change ratio of a light-receiving amount at respective pixels of the laser speckles; preparing a two-di
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Naoki Konishi
  • Patent number: 5697037
    Abstract: In a fixing device for heating and melting a toner image and fixing it onto a transfer material, the fixing device has a fixing member surface which comes in contact with a toner image. The fixing member surface has at least a resin and an ion-conductive electrical resistance value controlling material having a melting point higher than a maximum temperature in the fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, I.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Yano, Yasumasa Ohtsuka, Mahito Yoshioka, Naoki Konishi, Masafumi Matsumura