Patents by Inventor Naoto Kasori

Naoto Kasori 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: 11009453
    Abstract: A spectral curve acquiring device comprising: a light receiving optical system (6) for irradiating an irradiating light, a light receiving optical system (8) for dispersing and receiving a reflected irradiating light reflected by an object to be measured (7), a distance meter (4) for measuring a distance to the object to be measured, a storage module (25) for storing a plurality of reference spectral curves prepared based on a light receiving intensity for each wavelength at the time of measuring a white reference plate with different distances, and a control arithmetic module (24), wherein the control arithmetic module obtains a light receiving intensity of the dispersed reflected irradiating light for each wavelength based on the reference spectral curve corresponding to a distance to be measured, corrects a measurement spectral curve prepared based on the light receiving intensity, and prepares a spectral reflectance curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON Corporation
    Inventors: Issei Hanya, Shugo Akiyama, Ryosuke Tomizawa, Naoto Kasori, Yoshimitsu Nakajima, Yuji Shirane, Satoshi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20200300753
    Abstract: A spectral curve acquiring device comprising: a light receiving optical system (6) for irradiating an irradiating light, a light receiving optical system (8) for dispersing and receiving a reflected irradiating light reflected by an object to be measured (7), a distance meter (4) for measuring a distance to the object to be measured, a storage module (25) for storing a plurality of reference spectral curves prepared based on a light receiving intensity for each wavelength at the time of measuring a white reference plate with different distances, and a control arithmetic module (24), wherein the control arithmetic module obtains a light receiving intensity of the dispersed reflected irradiating light for each wavelength based on the reference spectral curve corresponding to a distance to be measured, corrects a measurement spectral curve prepared based on the light receiving intensity, and prepares a spectral reflectance curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Issei Hanya, Shugo Akiyama, Ryosuke Tomizawa, Naoto Kasori, Yoshimitsu Nakajima, Yuji Shirane, Satoshi Suenaga
  • Patent number: 10473453
    Abstract: A position at which evaluation of a defect was performed is easily identified. Relative positional relationships between three-dimensional coordinates of feature points of a photographed object and positions of a panoramic camera 111 are calculated based on a moving image, which is photographed by the panoramic camera 111 while a vehicle 100 travels. The position of the object photographed by a hyperspectral camera 114 is calculated based on the relative positional relationships and exterior orientation parameters of the hyperspectral camera 114 with respect to the panoramic camera 111.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Kunihiro Hayashi, Naoto Kasori
  • Patent number: 9369697
    Abstract: A measuring instrument comprises an spherical camera (8) for acquiring image data over total circumference, a laser scanner (6, 7) installed integrally with the spherical camera and for acquiring point cloud data of the surroundings, a synchronous control unit (9) for controlling acquisition of data of the spherical camera and the laser scanner, a storage unit (12) for recording the image data and the point cloud data, an absolute scale acquiring means for acquiring an absolute scale for obtaining an absolute position of when images are photographed by the spherical camera, and a control arithmetic unit (10), wherein the control arithmetic unit calculates a 3D model based on the image data, the point cloud data, and the absolute position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Hitoshi Otani, Naoto Kasori, You Sasaki, Jun Sasagawa, Nobuyuki Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20160091297
    Abstract: A position at which evaluation of a defect was performed is easily identified. Relative positional relationships between three-dimensional coordinates of feature points of a photographed object and positions of a panoramic camera 111 are calculated based on a moving image, which is photographed by the panoramic camera 111 while a vehicle 100 travels. The position of the object photographed by a hyperspectral camera 114 is calculated based on the relative positional relationships and exterior orientation parameters of the hyperspectral camera 114 with respect to the panoramic camera 111.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Kaoru KUMAGAI, Kunihiro HAYASHI, Naoto KASORI
  • Publication number: 20140253689
    Abstract: A measuring instrument comprises an spherical camera (8) for acquiring image data over total circumference, a laser scanner (6, 7) installed integrally with the spherical camera and for acquiring point cloud data of the surroundings, a synchronous control unit (9) for controlling acquisition of data of the spherical camera and the laser scanner, a storage unit (12) for recording the image data and the point cloud data, an absolute scale acquiring means for acquiring an absolute scale for obtaining an absolute position of when images are photographed by the spherical camera, and a control arithmetic unit (10), wherein the control arithmetic unit calculates a 3D model based on the image data, the point cloud data, and the absolute position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Hitoshi Otani, Naoto Kasori, You Sasaki, Jun Sasagawa, Nobuyuki Fukaya
  • Patent number: 5946087
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laser survey instrument, which comprises a rotary irradiation system main unit and an object reflector, wherein said object reflector has reflection sectors divided into two or more, at least one of the reflection sectors has a reflection surface with shape gradually changing, and said rotary irradiation system main unit comprises a light emitter for emitting a polarized irradiation light beam, a rotator for rotating and irradiating the polarized irradiation light beam toward the object reflector and for detecting an irradiating direction, a tilt setting unit for tilting a rotary irradiation plane of the polarized irradiation light beam, a detecting means for detecting a polarized reflection light beam entering the rotary irradiation system main unit via said rotator and reflected from said object reflector, a reflection light detecting circuit for identifying the object reflector from output of the detecting means, and a control unit for tracing said object reflector by opera
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Naoto Kasori, Shin-ichi Hayase, Ken-ichiro Yoshino