Patents by Inventor Satoshi Nojo

Satoshi Nojo 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: 8953870
    Abstract: A surface inspection device includes an image generator for generating a digital image achieved by imaging an inner surface of a bore which is subjected to a boring work, a line extraction processor for extracting a line along a horizontal direction set to a line extraction direction from the digital image, for determining the state of the inner surface of the bore based on the line extracted by the line extraction processor. The line extraction processor extracts lines along the line detection direction from respective digital images before and after rotation which are achieved by rotating the digital image once or over plural times every predetermined angle while the line extraction direction is fixed, and the estimating unit determines the state of the inner surface of the bore based on the lines extracted from the respective digital images before and after the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Oikawa, Satoshi Nojo
  • Publication number: 20120230579
    Abstract: A surface inspection device includes an image generator for generating a digital image achieved by imaging an inner surface of a bore which is subjected to a boring work, a line extraction processor for extracting a line along a horizontal direction set to a line extraction direction from the digital image, and an estimating unit for determining the state of the inner surface of the bore based on the line extracted by the line extraction processor. The line extraction processor extracts lines along the line detection direction from respective digital images before and after rotation which are achieved by rotating the digital image once or over plural times every predetermined angle while the line extraction direction is fixed, and the estimating unit determines the state of the inner surface of the bore based on the lines extracted from the respective digital images before and after the rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Oikawa, Satoshi Nojo
  • Publication number: 20120062728
    Abstract: The presence or absence of a deep machining work trace is detected, and the position and size of the machining work trace are allowed to be estimated, whereby an inspection time can be shortened. A surface inspecting device 9 for inspecting a polished inner surface 3A of a bore 3 formed in a cylinder block 5 by a boring work on the basis of a digital brightness image 70 of the inner surface 3A of the bore 3 is provided with an estimation image generator 55 for generating and parallel arranging one-dimensional power spectral images 71 in a direction perpendicular to the direction of cutting work traces P along the direction of the cutting work traces P on the basis of the digital brightness image 70 to generate an estimation image 73, and an estimator 57 for estimating the presence or absence of polishing residue Q on the inner surface 3A of the bore 3 on the basis of pixel values of respective pixels of the estimation image 73.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Oikawa, Satoshi Nojo
  • Publication number: 20040254674
    Abstract: A movement range assigned to each transportation vehicle 18 is determined and input (step S1). Then, on the assumption that one transportation vehicle 18 fails, movement ranges assigned to remaining transportation vehicles 18 are determined and input (step S2). Thereafter, a main controller 12 determines the state of each transportation vehicle 18 (step S3). If each transportation vehicle 18 is normal, the movement range determined in step S1 is applied (step S4). If any one of the transportation vehicles 18 is abnormal, the movement range determined in step S2 is applied. Then, an unloading source and a loading destination for the transportation vehicle 18 are determined (step S6). After transportation paths for the transportation vehicle 18 are searched for (step S7), path candidates that have been searched for and determined are enumerated (step S8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Satoshi Nojo, Satoshi Kanbayashi, Riko Inoue, Tetsuya Okajima, Tetsuharu Komatsu