Patents by Inventor Nobuaki SUGII

Nobuaki SUGII 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: 11627385
    Abstract: Provided is an image capturing apparatus with which images of a subject can be captured in diverse lighting environments that can be varied without moving the fixed positions of lighting fixtures. An image capturing apparatus 100 is provided with: a turntable 11 for placing a subject to be captured; cameras 6a and 6b for capturing images of the subject placed on a placement stand 1; a plurality of side walls 7a-7h provided to surround the turntable 11; and a plurality of lateral lighting units installed inside the plurality of side walls 7a-7h. In the image capturing apparatus 100, the lighting condition of the turntable 11 can be varied by individually changing the illumination states of the plurality of lateral lighting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Sugii, Takuya Katayama
  • Patent number: 11256963
    Abstract: A surgical instrument detection system is provided that can determine the kinds of surgical instruments without special processing, such as application of an optically readable symbol, to the surgical instruments. A surgical instrument detection system 100 includes: an image input section 31 to input an image taken by a camera 1; an object extraction section 32 to clip an object image of a small steel article from the input image; a determination section 33 to input the object image to a learned classification model 331 and determine a kind of the small steel article based on features included in the object image; and an output image generation section 34 to generate an image representing the result of determination by the determination section and output such image to a monitor 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Katayama, Nobuaki Sugii
  • Publication number: 20200374431
    Abstract: Provided is an image capturing apparatus with which images of a subject can be captured in diverse lighting environments that can be varied without moving the fixed positions of lighting fixtures. An image capturing apparatus 100 is provided with: a turntable 11 for placing a subject to be captured; cameras 6a and 6b for capturing images of the subject placed on a placement stand 1; a plurality of side walls 7a-7h provided to surround the turntable 11; and a plurality of lateral lighting units installed inside the plurality of side walls 7a-7h. In the image capturing apparatus 100, the lighting condition of the turntable 11 can be varied by individually changing the illumination states of the plurality of lateral lighting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki SUGII, Takuya KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200193241
    Abstract: A surgical instrument detection system is provided that can determine the kinds of surgical instruments without special processing, such as application of an optically readable symbol, to the surgical instruments. A surgical instrument detection system 100 includes: an image input section 31 to input an image taken by a camera 1; an object extraction section 32 to clip an object image of a small steel article from the input image; a determination section 33 to input the object image to a learned classification model 331 and determine a kind of the small steel article based on features included in the object image; and an output image generation section 34 to generate an image representing the result of determination by the determination section and output such image to a monitor 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya KATAYAMA, Nobuaki SUGII