Patents by Inventor Taira Suzuki

Taira Suzuki 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: 7619750
    Abstract: To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an image is obtained by overlaying an optical cutting image with the optical cutting image subjected to thinning processing. A profile of the welded pipe is approximated with a quadratic function and a region containing the bead apex coordinates is identified as the bead. Shape data of the pipe surface at the portion corresponding to the bead portion is obtained from the preset left and right boundaries of the bead portion and the apex position of the separately-calculated bead portion, and bead width, height, slope angle, and unevenness at the left and right boundaries between the bead portion and base pipe portion, are each calculated, based on the left and right bead shape approximation functions and base pipe shape approximation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kodama, Taira Suzuki, Akira Torao, Yasumasa Tekemura, Takatoshi Okabe
  • Patent number: 7471400
    Abstract: To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an image is obtained by overlaying an optical cutting image with the optical cutting image subjected to thinning processing. A profile of the welded pipe is approximated with a quadratic function and a region containing the bead apex coordinates is identified as the bead. Shape data of the pipe surface at the portion corresponding to the bead portion is obtained from the preset left and right boundaries of the bead portion and the apex position of the separately-calculated bead portion, and bead width, height, slope angle, and unevenness at the left and right boundaries between the bead portion and base pipe portion, are each calculated, based on the left and right bead shape approximation functions and base pipe shape approximation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kodama, Taira Suzuki, Akira Torao, Yasumasa Tekemura, Takatoshi Okabe
  • Publication number: 20080218768
    Abstract: To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an image is obtained by overlaying an optical cutting image with the optical cutting image subjected to thinning processing. A profile of the welded pipe is approximated with a quadratic function and a region containing the bead apex coordinates is identified as the bead. Shape data of the pipe surface at the portion corresponding to the bead portion is obtained from the preset left and right boundaries of the bead portion and the apex position of the separately-calculated bead portion, and bead width, height, slope angle, and unevenness at the left and right boundaries between the bead portion and base pipe portion, are each calculated, based on the left and right bead shape approximation functions and base pipe shape approximation function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kodama, Taira Suzuki, Akira Torao, Yasumasa Tekemura, Takatoshi Okabe
  • Publication number: 20080105731
    Abstract: To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an image is obtained by overlaying an optical cutting image with the optical cutting image subjected to thinning processing. A profile of the welded pipe is approximated with a quadratic function and a region containing the bead apex coordinates is identified as the bead. Shape data of the pipe surface at the portion corresponding to the bead portion is obtained from the preset left and right boundaries of the bead portion and the apex position of the separately-calculated bead portion, and bead width, height, slope angle, and unevenness at the left and right boundaries between the bead portion and base pipe portion, are each calculated, based on the left and right bead shape approximation functions and base pipe shape approximation function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kodama, Taira Suzuki, Akira Torao, Yasumasa Tekemura, Takatoshi Okabe
  • Patent number: 7236255
    Abstract: To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an image is obtained by overlaying an optical cutting image with the optical cutting image subjected to thinning processing. A profile of the welded pipe is approximated with a quadratic function and a region containing the bead apex coordinates is identified as the bead. Shape data of the pipe surface at the portion corresponding to the bead portion is obtained from the preset left and right boundaries of the bead portion and the apex position of the separately-calculated bead portion, and bead width, height, slope angle, and unevenness at the left and right boundaries between the bead portion and base pipe portion, are each calculated, based on the left and right bead shape approximation functions and base pipe shape approximation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kodama, Taira Suzuki, Akira Torao, Yasumasa Tekemura, Takatoshi Okabe
  • Publication number: 20050147289
    Abstract: To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an image is obtained by overlaying an optical cutting image with the optical cutting image subjected to thinning processing. A profile of the welded pipe is approximated with a quadratic function and a region containing the bead apex coordinates is identified as the bead. Shape data of the pipe surface at the portion corresponding to the bead portion is obtained from the preset left and right boundaries of the bead portion and the apex position of the separately-calculated bead portion, and bead width, height, slope angle, and unevenness at the left and right boundaries between the bead portion and base pipe portion, are each calculated, based on the left and right bead shape approximation functions and base pipe shape approximation function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: JFE STEEL COROPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kodama, Taira Suzuki, Akira Torao, Yasumasa Tekemura, Takatoshi Okabe
  • Patent number: 5815772
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a main image processing unit and an auxiliary unit detachably attached to the main image processing unit. The auxiliary unit includes a first drive source. The main unit on the other hand includes a second drive source and a mechanism for transporting a sheet. These drive sources are so operated that when the auxiliary unit is attached to the main unit the transporting mechanism is powered by the first drive source in the auxiliary unit and when the auxiliary unit is not attached to the main unit the transporting mechanism is powered by the second drive source in the main unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomasa Saito, Toshimitsu Shimizu, Taira Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4480919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the shape in a plane to be determined in atmosphere of scattering materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Asano, Taira Suzuki, Tadashi Yabe, Kunio Kurita, Suehisa Ohga, Akira Hirahashi, Atsushi Momose