Patents by Inventor Shimpei FUJII

Shimpei FUJII 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).

  • Publication number: 20240070847
    Abstract: A component inspection device including: a storage section configured to store at least a non-defective product images; a generation section configured to generate a defective product image using a machine learning model; a setting section configured for a user to set a parameter for component inspection; and an output section configured to perform inspection, by using the parameter, on the non-defective product image stored in the storage section and the defective product image generated by the generation section, the output section being configured to output an inspection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Aoi MOCHIZUKI, Shimpei FUJII, Shinji SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20240062401
    Abstract: A measurement system includes a first feature point data generator, a second feature point data generator, and a calculator. The first feature point data generator generates first feature point data from first image data or from first shape data. The first image data is obtained from imaging of a measurement target and includes a predetermined portion of the measurement target. The first shape data is generated based on the first image data. The second feature point data generator generates second feature point data from second image data different from the first image data or from second shape data. The calculator calculates a positional correspondence of the predetermined portion of the measurement target between the first image data and the second image data or between the first shape data and the second shape data based on the first feature point data and the second feature point data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takako ONISHI, Takayuki NISHI, Shimpei FUJII, Hironori KASAHARA, Yuji KARITA, Hiroyuki MORI
  • Patent number: 10542651
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a board having a land on which a solder piece has been printed, an image of the board having a component mounted on the solder piece, or an image of the board having the component soldered to the land, a land determination unit that determines a position of an element on the board other than the land from the image of the board captured by the imaging unit, and determines a position of the land in the image based on the determined position of the element, and an inspection unit that inspects the solder piece or component on the land using the position of the land determined by the land determination unit as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mori, Mayuko Kishimoto, Shimpei Fujii, Katsuki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20180049356
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a board having a land on which a solder piece has been printed, an image of the board having a component mounted on the solder piece, or an image of the board having the component soldered to the land, a land determination unit that determines a position of an element on the board other than the land from the image of the board captured by the imaging unit, and determines a position of the land in the image based on the determined position of the element, and an inspection unit that inspects the solder piece or component on the land using the position of the land determined by the land determination unit as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MORI, Mayuko KISHIMOTO, Shimpei FUJII, Katsuki NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9550517
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering apparatus for a vehicle includes: a housing connected via first and second connecting members to a suspension mechanism supporting rear wheels of a vehicle; an electric motor accommodated in the housing; a planetary gear mechanism having a sun gear connected to an output shaft of the electric motor, a ring gear non-rotatably supported inside the housing, a planetary gear meshing with the ring gear and the sun gear, and a carrier connected to the planetary gear, and reducing the output of the electric motor; and a linear motion mechanism having a nut member connected to the planetary gear mechanism and forming the carrier, and a rod screwed to the nut member and connected to the second connecting member, and converting the rotational motion of the nut member into the linear motion of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Fujii, Soichiro Kono
  • Patent number: 9469335
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing, an electric motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a linear motion mechanism including a nut member and a rod threadedly engaged with the nut member, the housing including a cylindrical body which includes a lock portion provided at an inner surface of the cylindrical body, the housing including a connection cover, a cylindrical holding member holding a ring gear within the cylindrical body in a state where the ring gear is prevented from rotating, and a bearing, wherein the bearing and the cylindrical holding member are disposed and held between the lock portion and the connection cover, and the cylindrical holding member is held to be non-rotatable relative to the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruhide Sato, Shimpei Fujii, Akiya Taneda
  • Patent number: 9387874
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing including a cylinder portion and a connection cover, an electric motor housed in the housing, a speed reduction mechanism housed in the housing, a linear motion mechanism including a nut member and a rod for converting a rotation of the nut member to a linear motion of the rod, the cylinder portion including a stopper portion provided at an inner surface of thereof between the electric motor and the speed reduction mechanism, a cylindrical holding member holding the speed reduction mechanism in the cylinder portion, and a bearing supporting the nut member for allowing the nut member to rotate relative to the cylindrical holding member. The bearing and the cylindrical holding member are sandwiched between the stopper portion and the connection cover and the cylindrical holding member is retained so as not to rotate relative to the cylinder portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Fujii, Akiya Taneda, Shuuetsu Suzuki, Teruhide Sato
  • Publication number: 20160083005
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering apparatus for a vehicle includes: a housing connected via first and second connecting members to a suspension mechanism supporting rear wheels of a vehicle; an electric motor accommodated in the housing; a planetary gear mechanism having a sun gear connected to an output shaft of the electric motor, a ring gear non-rotatably supported inside the housing, a planetary gear meshing with the ring gear and the sun gear, and a carrier connected to the planetary gear, and reducing the output of the electric motor; and a linear motion mechanism having a nut member connected to the planetary gear mechanism and forming the carrier, and a rod screwed to the nut member and connected to the second connecting member, and converting the rotational motion of the nut member into the linear motion of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei FUJII, Soichiro KONO
  • Patent number: 9254868
    Abstract: A displacement detection apparatus for a linear motion mechanism includes a nut member, a rod including elongate grooves elongating in an axial direction of the rod and a through hole, a permanent magnet disposed parallel to the rod, a magnet block made of synthetic resin and including a retaining portion holding the permanent magnet, a pair of leg portions extending from ends of the retaining portion that are spaced apart, and a nut made of metal insert-molded at an intermediate position between the pair of leg portions, and a displacement sensor disposed opposing to the permanent magnet. The pair of leg portions and the nut of the magnet block are disposed in the elongate groove of the rod and the magnet block is fixed to the rod by a bolt screwed to the nut, the bolt penetrating through the through hole extending through the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ando, Naoya Yoshizawa, Shimpei Fujii, Yusuke Akagi
  • Publication number: 20140353067
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing including a cylinder portion and a connection cover, an electric motor housed in the housing, a speed reduction mechanism housed in the housing, a linear motion mechanism including a nut member and a rod for converting a rotation of the nut member to a linear motion of the rod, the cylinder portion including a stopper portion provided at an inner surface of thereof between the electric motor and the speed reduction mechanism, a cylindrical holding member holding the speed reduction mechanism in the cylinder portion, and a bearing supporting the nut member for allowing the nut member to rotate relative to the cylindrical holding member. The bearing and the cylindrical holding member are sandwiched between the stopper portion and the connection cover and the cylindrical holding member is retained so as not to rotate relative to the cylinder portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei FUJII, Akiya TANEDA, Shuuetsu SUZUKI, Teruhide SATO
  • Publication number: 20140353066
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing, an electric motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a linear motion mechanism including a nut member and a rod threadedly engaged with the nut member, the housing including a cylindrical body which includes a lock portion provided at an inner surface of the cylindrical body, the housing including a connection cover, a cylindrical holding member holding a ring gear within the cylindrical body in a state where the ring gear is prevented from rotating, and a bearing, wherein the bearing and the cylindrical holding member are disposed and held between the lock portion and the connection cover, and the cylindrical holding member is held to be non-rotatable relative to the cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruhide SATO, Shimpei FUJII, Akiya TANEDA
  • Publication number: 20140353071
    Abstract: A displacement detection apparatus for a linear motion mechanism includes a nut member, a rod including elongate grooves elongating in an axial direction of the rod and a through hole, a permanent magnet disposed parallel to the rod, a magnet block made of synthetic resin and including a retaining portion holding the permanent magnet, a pair of leg portions extending from ends of the retaining portion that are spaced apart, and a nut made of metal insert-molded at an intermediate position between the pair of leg portions, and a displacement sensor disposed opposing to the permanent magnet. The pair of leg portions and the nut of the magnet block are disposed in the elongate groove of the rod and the magnet block is fixed to the rod by a bolt screwed to the nut, the bolt penetrating through the through hole extending through the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ando, Naoya Yoshizawa, Shimpei Fujii, Yusuke Akagi