Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Kajiwara

Naoyuki Kajiwara 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: 8625851
    Abstract: It is an object to measure a position of a feature around a road. An image memory unit stores images in which neighborhood of the road is captured. Further, a three-dimensional point cloud model memory unit 709 stores a point cloud showing three-dimensional coordinates obtained by laser measurement which is carried out simultaneously to the image-capturing of the images as a road surface shape model. Using an image point inputting unit 342, a pixel on a feature of a measurement target is specified by a user as a measurement image point. A neighborhood extracting unit 171 extracts a point which is located adjacent to the measurement image point and superimposed on the feature for the measurement target from the point cloud. A feature position calculating unit 174 outputs three-dimensional coordinates shown by the extracted point as three-dimensional coordinates of the feature for the measurement target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Waseda University
    Inventors: Junichi Takiguchi, Naoyuki Kajiwara, Yoshihiro Shima, Ryujiro Kurosaki, Takumi Hashizume
  • Patent number: 8571265
    Abstract: It is an object to measure a position of a feature around a road. An image memory unit stores images in which neighborhood of the road is captured. Further, a three-dimensional point cloud model memory unit 709 stores a point cloud showing three-dimensional coordinates obtained by laser measurement which is carried out simultaneously to the image-capturing of the images as a road surface shape model. Using an image point inputting unit 342, a pixel on a feature of a measurement target is specified by a user as a measurement image point. A neighborhood extracting unit 171 extracts a point which is located adjacent to the measurement image point and superimposed on the feature for the measurement target from the point cloud. A feature position calculating unit 174 outputs three-dimensional coordinates shown by the extracted point as three-dimensional coordinates of the feature for the measurement target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Waseda University
    Inventors: Junichi Takiguchi, Naoyuki Kajiwara, Yoshihiro Shima, Ryujiro Kurosaki, Takumi Hashizume
  • Patent number: 8483442
    Abstract: It is an object to measure a position of a feature around a road. An image memory unit stores images in which neighborhood of the road is captured. Further, a three-dimensional point cloud model memory unit 709 stores a point cloud showing three-dimensional coordinates obtained by laser measurement which is carried out simultaneously to the image-capturing of the images as a road surface shape model. A model projecting unit 172 projects a point cloud on the image, and an image displaying unit 341 displays the point cloud superimposed with the image on the displaying device. Using an image point inputting unit 342, a pixel on a feature of a measurement target is specified by a user as a measurement image point. A neighborhood extracting unit 171 extracts a point which is located adjacent to the measurement image point and superimposed on the feature for the measurement target from the point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Waseda University
    Inventors: Junichi Takiguchi, Naoyuki Kajiwara, Yoshihiro Shima, Ryujiro Kurosaki, Takumi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130010074
    Abstract: It is an object to measure a position of a feature around a road. An image memory unit stores images in which neighborhood of the road is captured. Further, a three-dimensional point cloud model memory unit 709 stores a point cloud showing three-dimensional coordinates obtained by laser measurement which is carried out simultaneously to the image-capturing of the images as a road surface shape model. Using an image point inputting unit 342, a pixel on a feature of a measurement target is specified by a user as a measurement image point. A neighborhood extracting unit 171 extracts a point which is located adjacent to the measurement image point and superimposed on the feature for the measurement target from the point cloud. A feature position calculating unit 174 outputs three-dimensional coordinates shown by the extracted point as three-dimensional coordinates of the feature for the measurement target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicants: Waseda University, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi TAKIGUCHI, Naoyuki KAJIWARA, Yoshihiro SHIMA, Ryujiro KUROSAKI, Takumi HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20130011013
    Abstract: It is an object to measure a position of a feature around a road. An image memory unit stores images in which neighborhood of the road is captured. Further, a three-dimensional point cloud model memory unit 709 stores a point cloud showing three-dimensional coordinates obtained by laser measurement which is carried out simultaneously to the image-capturing of the images as a road surface shape model. Using an image point inputting unit 342, a pixel on a feature of a measurement target is specified by a user as a measurement image point. A neighborhood extracting unit 171 extracts a point which is located adjacent to the measurement image point and superimposed on the feature for the measurement target from the point cloud. A feature position calculating unit 174 outputs three-dimensional coordinates shown by the extracted point as three-dimensional coordinates of the feature for the measurement target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicants: Waseda University, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi TAKIGUCHI, Naoyuki Kajiwara, Yoshihiro Shima, Ryujiro Kurosaki, Takumi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20100034426
    Abstract: It is an object to measure a position of a feature around a road. An image memory unit stores images in which neighborhood of the road is captured. Further, a three-dimensional point cloud model memory unit 709 stores a point cloud showing three-dimensional coordinates obtained by laser measurement which is carried out simultaneously to the image-capturing of the images as a road surface shape model. A model projecting unit 172 projects a point cloud on the image, and an image displaying unit 341 displays the point cloud superimposed with the image on the displaying device. Using an image point inputting unit 342, a pixel on a feature of a measurement target is specified by a user as a measurement image point. A neighborhood extracting unit 171 extracts a point which is located adjacent to the measurement image point and superimposed on the feature for the measurement target from the point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WASEDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junichi Takiguchi, Naoyuki Kajiwara, Yoshihiro Shima, Ryujiro Kurosaki, Takumi Hashizume