Patents by Inventor Takeshi Murai

Takeshi Murai 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: 20160345871
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device that acquires a captured image including depth information that is captured by an image capturing device including a depth sensor, and determines whether a positional relationship between a person being watched over and a region of a bed satisfies a predetermined condition, based on the depth for each pixel. In the case where a state in which the depth for each pixel within the captured image cannot be acquired by the depth sensor continues for a given period of time or longer, the information processing device notifies that there is a possibility that watching over of the person being watched over is not being performed normally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Matsumoto, Takeshi Murai, Masayoshi Uetsuji
  • Patent number: 9396543
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit to acquire captured image of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for a behavior, the captured image containing depth information indicating depths per pixel, a foreground area extracting unit to extract a foreground area on the basis of a difference between a foreground image and the captured image, the foreground image being set to contain a depth of the foreground and a behavior presuming unit to presume the behavior about the target object by determining whether a positional relationship between the foreground area and the target object area satisfies a predetermined condition or not on the basis of referring to the depths of the pixels in the foreground area based on the depth information, the condition being set on the assumption that the extracted foreground area is related to the behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20160145718
    Abstract: A method of producing a steel material includes a step of adding Ca to molten steel with an amount of Ca adjusted within a range satisfying the formula (1) below: 0.5 ? { Ca · y ? / ? 100 - ( [ S · W ? / ? 100 ) · 40.08 ? / ? 32.07 } ? 56.08 40.08 ( [ Al 2 ? O 3 ] · W ? / ? 100 ) ? 1.5 ( 1 ) where Ca is the amount [kg] of Ca added, y is an yield [%] of Ca, [S] is a concentration [% by mass] of S in the steel before addition of Ca, [Al2O3] is an amount [% by mass] of Al2O3 in the steel before addition of Ca, and W is a weight [kg] of the molten steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Furumai, Norichika Aramaki, Yuji Miki, Takeshi Murai, Toru Inoue, Yukio Usui, Tomoharu Ishida
  • Patent number: 9321413
    Abstract: A feeder circuit for a main relay to control ON of OFF of an electric supply from a high-voltage battery is constituted at least by a first harness, the main relay, a second harness and switch means which are connected in series from a plus-terminal side of a low-voltage battery to a vehicle-body ground side. The first harness and the second harness are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a specified range having a specified length so that both thereof in the above-described specified range are damaged in a vehicle collision or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Maemoto, Yoshiaki Anan, Takeshi Murai, Hiroki Sato, Takeshi Matsukawa, Takamasa Suetomi, Kenji Kamijo, Nobuhide Seo
  • Publication number: 20140363089
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit to acquire captured image of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for a behavior, the captured image containing depth information indicating depths per pixel, a foreground area extracting unit to extract a foreground area on the basis of a difference between a foreground image and the captured image, the foreground image being set to contain a depth of the foreground and a behavior presuming unit to presume the behavior about the target object by determining whether a positional relationship between the foreground area and the target object area satisfies a predetermined condition or not on the basis of referring to the depths of the pixels in the foreground area based on the depth information, the condition being set on the assumption that the extracted foreground area is related to the behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140267663
    Abstract: Provided is a monitoring apparatus in which the installation position of an imaging unit is not restricted, settings can be easily changed, and it is possible to accurately analyze behavior of a monitoring target. The present invention is a monitoring apparatus for monitoring behavior of a monitoring target, and includes an imaging unit; a display unit that displays the monitoring target imaged by the imaging unit in real time and displays a marker for specifying the position of the monitoring target; a first input unit that receives input of an installation position of the imaging unit relative to the monitoring target; a first storage unit storing monitoring environment data that defines, in advance, an environment around the monitoring target that is to be imaged by the imaging unit, in accordance with the installation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yasukawa, Shoichi Dedachi, Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140253710
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is disclosed, which includes: an image acquiring unit acquiring moving images captured by a camera for watching a behavior of a watching target person on a bed or in the vicinity thereof; an image processing unit obtaining an optical flow within the moving images; and a behavior presuming unit, when detecting a moving-object based on the optical flow, assuming that the detected moving-object corresponds to the watching target person and presuming the behavior of the watching target person on the bed or in the vicinity thereof based on a position and a moving direction of the moving-object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yasukawa, Shoichi Dedachi, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto, Masayoshi Uetsuji
  • Publication number: 20140240479
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is disclosed, which includes an image acquiring unit acquiring moving images captured as images of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for the behavior thereof, a moving object detecting unit detecting a moving-object area with a motion occurring from the moving images, and a behavior presuming unit presuming a behavior of the watching target person about the target object corresponding to a positional relationship between a target object area set within the moving images and the detected moving-object area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yasukawa, Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto, Shoichi Dedachi
  • Patent number: 8596334
    Abstract: In a method for continuously casting an extremely low carbon steel using a continuous casting machine, by adjusting the chemical components of extremely low carbon steel within a specified range by taking into account an interface tension gradient in a concentration boundary layer on a front surface of a solidified shell, and also by optimizing intensities of the DC magnetic fields applied to the upper magnetic poles and the lower magnetic poles respectively corresponding to a slab width of a slab to be casted and a casting speed, it is possible to acquire the slab having high quality not only with the small number of defects caused by the entrainment of bubbles, non-metallic inclusion and a mold flux into the molten steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Miki, Takeshi Murai, Hiroyuki Ohno
  • Publication number: 20130307328
    Abstract: A feeder circuit for a main relay to control ON of OFF of an electric supply from a high-voltage battery is constituted at least by a first harness, the main relay, a second harness and switch means which are connected in series from a plus-terminal side of a low-voltage battery to a vehicle-body ground side. The first harness and the second harness are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a specified range having a specified length so that both thereof in the above-described specified range are damaged in a vehicle collision or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi MAEMOTO, Yoshiaki ANAN, Takeshi MURAI, Hiroki SATO, Takeshi MATSUKAWA, Takamasa SUETOMI, Kenji KAMIJO, Nobuhide SEO
  • Publication number: 20130233505
    Abstract: In a method for continuously casting an extremely low carbon steel using a continuous casting machine, by adjusting the chemical components of extremely low carbon steel within a specified range by taking into account an interface tension gradient in a concentration boundary layer on a front surface of a solidified shell, and also by optimizing intensities of the DC magnetic fields applied to the upper magnetic poles and the lower magnetic poles respectively corresponding to a slab width of a slab to be casted and a casting speed, it is possible to acquire the slab having high quality not only with the small number of defects caused by the entrainment of bubbles, non-metallic inclusion and a mold flux into the molten steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Miki, Takeshi Murai, Hiroyuki Ohno
  • Patent number: 8177920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet produced by a method for promoting secondary recrystallization without an inhibitor, the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including 2.0% or more and 4.5% or less of Si and 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less of Mn on a mass % basis, wherein the number of oxide particles having a diameter of 1 to 3 ?m among that (oxide particles) of containing Ca and/or Mg is 400 or less per unit area (1 cm2) in a transverse cross-section perpendicular to a rolling direction. Therefore, the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has excellent stable magnetic properties throughout the length of a coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shingaki, Minoru Takashima, Tadashi Nakanishi, Takeshi Murai
  • Publication number: 20090101248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet produced by a method for promoting secondary recrystallization without an inhibitor, the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including 2.0% or more and 4.5% or less of Si and 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less of Mn on a mass % basis, wherein the number of oxide particles having a diameter of 1 to 3 ?m among that (oxide particles) of containing Ca and/or Mg is 400 or less per unit area (1 cm2) in a transverse cross-section perpendicular to a rolling direction. Therefore, the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has excellent stable magnetic properties throughout the length of a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shingaki, Minoru Takashima, Tadashi Nakanishi, Takeshi Murai
  • Publication number: 20060096416
    Abstract: A refining agent containing Al, MgO and CaO as main components, wherein dolomite is a MgO source and a CaO source. When the refining agent is supplied into molten iron, Mg vapor is produced due to a reaction in the molten iron, and causes a refining reaction by the Mg vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshie Nakai, Takeshi Murai, Hidetoshi Matsuno, Yoshiteru Kikuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Yoichi Nimura, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomoo Isawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Tatsuya Okamura
  • Publication number: 20060047388
    Abstract: When it is determined by the lane deviation determining portion that the vehicle deviates from the lane and then it is determined by the critical condition determining portion that the vehicle will have the critical condition, the warning control portion operates the belt winder so as to wind up the seat belt and thereby apply the specified tension to the seat belt. Accordingly, the passenger is warned with the tension applied to the seat belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takuji Oka, Takeshi Murai
  • Publication number: 20050257644
    Abstract: A refining agent contains Al, MgO, and CaO as main components, and uses dolomite as a MgO source and CaO source. When the refining agent is supplied into molten iron, it produces Mg vapor due to a reaction in the molten iron, and causes a refining reaction by the Mg vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshie Nakai, Takeshi Murai, Hidetoshi Matsuno, Yoshiteru Kikuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Yoichi Nimura, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomoo Isawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Tatsuya Okamura
  • Patent number: 6959947
    Abstract: A seatbelt system for a front seat of a vehicle having such a double door that a front door (2) and a rear door (3) open outwardly forward and rearward, respectively, to form an uninterrupted doorway (14) to a passenger compartment (A) and the front door (2) overlaps the rear door from the outside so as to allow the rear door (3) to open and close while the front door is open comprises a retractor (28) installed in the rear door (3) and retracting a seatbelt (27) therein, a seatbelt lock mechanism (37) operative to lock the seatbelt (27) when the seatbelt (27) attains a predetermined acceleration, and a lock canceling mechanism (38) operative to put the seatbelt lock mechanism (37) inoperative when activated, The seatbelt system activates the lock canceling mechanism (38) to put the seatbelt lock mechanism (37) inoperative when the seatbelt (27) is unbuckled while the front door and/or the rear door is open or not properly closed and deactivates the lock canceling mechanism (38) to put the seatbelt lock mecha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakakida, Hiroaki Nakao, Satoshi Nishikaji, Ippei Yamachi, Kazuhiko Yoshikawa, Akira Sone, Takeshi Murai, Masanobu Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20040163435
    Abstract: Provided is a raw material for phosphate fertilizer having excellent fertilizer characteristics, which raw material consists essentially of a slag containing phosphate generated from dephosphorization reaction in molten iron, and is a method for manufacturing the raw material suitable for manufacturing the phosphate fertilizer. The raw material for phosphate fertilizer consists essentially of a slag containing phosphate generated from dephosphorization reaction in molten iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Takahashi, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Yasuko Yao, Shigeru Inoue, Keiji Watanabe, Tsuneo Isoo, Satoshi Kohira, Ryo Kawabata, Akira Shiroyama, Hidetoshi Matsuno, Takeshi Murai
  • Publication number: 20030217882
    Abstract: A seatbelt system for a front seat of a vehicle having such a double door that a front door (2) and a rear door (3) open outwardly forward and rearward, respectively, to form an uninterrupted doorway (14) to a passenger compartment (A) and the front door (2) overlaps the rear door from the outside so as to allow the rear door (3) to open and close while the front door is open comprises a retractor (28) installed in the rear door (3) and retracting a seatbelt (27) therein, a seatbelt lock mechanism (37) operative to lock the seatbelt (27) when the seatbelt (27) attains a predetermined acceleration, and a lock canceling mechanism (38) operative to put the seatbelt lock mechanism (37) inoperative when activated, The seatbelt system activates the lock canceling mechanism (38) to put the seatbelt lock mechanism (37) inoperative when the seatbelt (27) is unbuckled while the front door and/or the rear door is open or not properly closed and deactivates the lock canceling mechanism (38) to put the seatbelt lock mecha
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakakida, Hiroaki Nakao, Satoshi Nishikaji, Ippei Yamachi, Kazuhiko Yoshikawa, Akira Sone, Takeshi Murai, Masanobu Kosaka
  • Patent number: 5585914
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring a temperature of a high temperature liquid contained in a furnace. An optical fiber covered with a metallic tube is inserted through a passageway inside a nozzle arranged on a furnace wall of the furnace. The nozzle communicates with an interior of the furnace containing the liquid, and gas is supplied into the passageway inside the nozzle to prevent the nozzle from clogging. The metal-covered optical fiber is fed through the passageway inside the nozzle into the liquid such that spectral light radiated from the liquid enters a tip of the metal-covered optical fiber and is propagated therealong. The temperature of the liquid is determined by a radiation thermometer, coupled to the metal-covered optical fiber, based on the spectral light propagated along the metal-covered optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yamasaki, Shigeru Inoue, Ichiro Kikuchi, Masaki Komatani, Genji Kanatani, Masao Hiroko, Takafumi Yoshikawa, Masashi Edahiro, Yoshimi Komatsu, Akihiko Inoue, Hideaki Mizukami, Takeshi Murai, Hideo Nakamura, Yoshiro Yamada, Yuji Adachi, Hirofumi Nakamura, Keiichi Miyoshi, Kazusi Miyamoto, Masao Doi, Shirou Takene