Patents by Inventor Takao Ebita

Takao Ebita 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: 7684041
    Abstract: A color inspection system capable of making a determination on pass or failure with accuracy equivalent to that for the case of a visual inspection even in the case of inspecting various textile products as measurement targets, such as raised cloth, cloth with printed patterns such as a marbled pattern, moire pattern and detailed pattern is provided. With the color inspection system, an illuminant is set to shine a light on the surface of a textile product placed on the top surface of a measuring platform to thereby make measurements from a direction at an angle of 45 degrees from the surface of a measuring region of the textile product by use of a spectroradiometer of a measuring unit. The spectroradiometer is provided with a wide range lens attached thereto to thereby expand a measuring region. The results of measurement by the spectroradiometer are inputted to an information processor of a determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Seiren Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ebita, Norihiro Ogata, Masahiro Matsumura, Keiichirou Tabata
  • Publication number: 20090190132
    Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide a color inspection system capable of making determination on pass or failure with accuracy equivalent to that for the case of visual inspection even in the case of inspecting various textile products as measurement targets, such as a raised cloth, cloth with printed patterns such as marbled pattern, moire pattern and detailed pattern, and so forth. With a color inspection system, an illuminant is set to shine light on the surface of a textile product M placed on the top surface of a measuring platform to thereby make measurements from a direction at an angle of 45 degrees from the surface of a measuring region of the textile product M by use of a spectroradiometer of a measuring unit. The spectroradiometer is provided with a wide range lens attached thereto to thereby expand a measuring region. The results of measurement by the spectroradiometer are inputted to an information processor of a determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Takao Ebita, Norihiro Ogata, Masahiro Matsumura, Keiichirou Tabata