Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Matsuzawa
Toshiaki Matsuzawa 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).
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Patent number: 11928901Abstract: Provided is a driving evaluation device that enables evaluation of driving for the purpose of improving a driving time in a circuit racecourse. The driving evaluation device includes an evaluation section extractor 24 that detects a deceleration section and an acceleration section in cornering, a tire friction circle-load factor calculator 27 that calculates, based on a front-rear acceleration and a lateral acceleration, a tire friction circle and a tire load factor in the deceleration section and those in the acceleration section, and a skill deficiency evaluator 28 that evaluates driving based on the tire friction circle and the tire load factor in the deceleration section and those in the acceleration section.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Yuya Goto, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Toshiaki Matsuzawa
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Patent number: 11911820Abstract: A gap control part controls a clamping device so that mating surfaces in a die face each other across a gap, and thereby a cavity and an external part of the die communicate across the gap. A molten metal feed control part controls a molten metal feed device so as to feed molten metal into a sleeve when the gap is being maintained. An injection control part controls an injection device so as to start a forward movement of a plunger at a time when the gap is maintained and there is the molten metal in the sleeve. A clamping control part controls a clamping device so as to make the mating surfaces abut against each other to eliminate the gap after the forward movement of the plunger is started and before the molten metal reaches a molten metal surface height at which the molten metal flows into the gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Shugo Matsuzawa, Masaki Fujimoto, Satoru Aida, Toshiaki Toyoshima, Yuichi Maki
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Patent number: 11597250Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hub bracket structure wherein a hub bracket that connects a trailing arm and a hub includes a hub mounting surface, a front connecting surface that connects a front portion of the hub mounting surface and the trailing arm, and a rear connecting surface that connects a rear portion of the hub mounting surface and the trailing arm, each of the front connecting surface and the rear connecting surface is formed in a plate shape extending in up-down and vehicle width directions, and an angle formed by the hub mounting surface and the front connecting surface is greater than an angle formed by the hub mounting surface and the rear connecting surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Urabe, Takayuki Toyoshima, Toshiaki Matsuzawa, Toru Takenaka
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Patent number: 11590816Abstract: A hub bracket structure includes a hub bracket that connects a trailing arm and a hub carrier, wherein the hub bracket includes a bracket body that includes a mounting surface mounted with the hub carrier, and a rear connector that extends from the bracket body toward the trailing arm behind a ground contact point of a rear wheel, and the rear connector is extended to a position to overlap with a rear surface of the trailing arm in a front-rear direction and is joined to the rear surface of the trailing arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Urabe, Takayuki Toyoshima, Toshiaki Matsuzawa
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Publication number: 20220327870Abstract: Provided is a driving evaluation device that enables evaluation of driving for the purpose of improving a driving time in a circuit racecourse. The driving evaluation device includes an evaluation section extractor 24 that detects a deceleration section and an acceleration section in cornering, a tire friction circle-load factor calculator 27 that calculates, based on a front-rear acceleration and a lateral acceleration, a tire friction circle and a tire load factor in the deceleration section and those in the acceleration section, and a skill deficiency evaluator 28 that evaluates driving based on the tire friction circle and the tire load factor in the deceleration section and those in the acceleration section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Yuya GOTO, Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI, Toshiaki MATSUZAWA
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Publication number: 20220319250Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a vehicle acceleration detection unit configured to detect vehicle acceleration including lateral acceleration and longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle; a calculation unit configured to calculate for each wheel a friction circle, and a lateral force generated at each wheel and a longitudinal force generated at each wheel on the basis of a result of detection by the vehicle acceleration detection unit; and a display unit configured to display an image based on the friction circle, and a magnitude and/or a direction of a resultant force of the lateral force and the longitudinal force generated at each wheel based on a result of calculation by the calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Kenta Kakutani, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Toshiaki Matsuzawa, Hideki Kakinuma, Yuya Goto, Ittoku Hirashima, Kimiyoshi Kusaka
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Publication number: 20220319246Abstract: Provided is a driving evaluation device that enables evaluation of driving for the purpose of improving a driving time in a circuit racecourse, for example. The driving evaluation device includes an evaluation section extractor 24 that detects a deceleration section and an acceleration section in cornering, a section average classifier 25 that calculates, based on a front-rear acceleration and a lateral acceleration, an acceleration norm average value in the deceleration section and that in the acceleration section, and a skill deficiency evaluator 28 that evaluates driving skill based on the acceleration norm average value in the deceleration section and that in the acceleration section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Yuya GOTO, Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI, Toshiaki MATSUZAWA
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Publication number: 20220185057Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hub bracket structure wherein a hub bracket that connects a trailing arm and a hub includes a hub mounting surface, a front connecting surface that connects a front portion of the hub mounting surface and the trailing arm, and a rear connecting surface that connects a rear portion of the hub mounting surface and the trailing arm, each of the front connecting surface and the rear connecting surface is formed in a plate shape extending in up-down and vehicle width directions, and an angle formed by the hub mounting surface and the front connecting surface is greater than an angle formed by the hub mounting surface and the rear connecting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Hiroyuki URABE, Takayuki TOYOSHIMA, Toshiaki MATSUZAWA, Toru TAKENAKA
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Publication number: 20220185050Abstract: A hub bracket structure includes a hub bracket that connects a trailing arm and a hub carrier, wherein the hub bracket includes a bracket body that includes a mounting surface mounted with the hub carrier, and a rear connector that extends from the bracket body toward the trailing arm behind a ground contact point of a rear wheel, and the rear connector is extended to a position to overlap with a rear surface of the trailing arm in a front-rear direction and is joined to the rear surface of the trailing arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Hiroyuki URABE, Takayuki TOYOSHIMA, Toshiaki MATSUZAWA
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Patent number: 10977830Abstract: A calibration device includes: a two-dimensional image conversion element having a plurality of pixels; and an optical system for forming an image-formation relationship between the two-dimensional image conversion element and a three-dimensional world coordinate space, the calibration device including a computer, the computer being configured to: acquire calibration data indicating a correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates in the image conversion element and three-dimensional world coordinates in the world coordinate space; and calculate parameters of a camera model by fitting, to the acquired calibration data, the camera model representing two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates as functions of three coordinate values of the three-dimensional world coordinates, wherein the camera model represents the two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates by means of a linear sum of a plurality of two-dimensional vector functions having, as elements, the functiType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki Matsuzawa
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Patent number: 10798353Abstract: A calibration apparatus is configured to acquire calibration data indicating a correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates of the image-conversion device and three-dimensional world coordinates of the world coordinate space and calculate parameters by fitting, to the acquired data, a camera model in which two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates are expressed as a function of three coordinate values of the three-dimensional world coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki Matsuzawa
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Patent number: 10699440Abstract: Provided is a calibration device for an optical device including a two-dimensional image conversion element having a plurality of pixels and including an optical system that forms an image-forming relationship between the image conversion element and a three-dimensional world coordinate space, the calibration device including: a computer, wherein the computer is configured to: obtain calibration data representing the correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates of the image conversion element and three-dimensional world coordinates of the world coordinate space; and fit a camera model representing the direction of a principal ray in the world coordinate space, corresponding to the pixel coordinates, as a function of the pixel coordinates, to the calibration data obtained, thereby calculating parameters of the camera model.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki Matsuzawa
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Publication number: 20200007836Abstract: A calibration apparatus is configured to acquire calibration data indicating a correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates of the image-conversion device and three-dimensional world coordinates of the world coordinate space and calculate parameters by fitting, to the acquired data, a camera model in which two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates are expressed as a function of three coordinate values of the three-dimensional world coordinates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki MATSUZAWA
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Publication number: 20190180476Abstract: A calibration device includes: a two-dimensional image conversion element having a plurality of pixels; and an optical system for forming an image-formation relationship between the two-dimensional image conversion element and a three-dimensional world coordinate space, the calibration device including a computer, the computer being configured to: acquire calibration data indicating a correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates in the image conversion element and three-dimensional world coordinates in the world coordinate space; and calculate parameters of a camera model by fitting, to the acquired calibration data, the camera model representing two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates as functions of three coordinate values of the three-dimensional world coordinates, wherein the camera model represents the two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates by means of a linear sum of a plurality of two-dimensional vector functions having, as elements, the functiType: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki MATSUZAWA
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Publication number: 20190073795Abstract: Provided is a calibration device for an optical device including a two-dimensional image conversion element having a plurality of pixels and including an optical system that forms an image-forming relationship between the image conversion element and a three-dimensional world coordinate space, the calibration device including: a computer, wherein the computer is configured to: obtain calibration data representing the correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates of the image conversion element and three-dimensional world coordinates of the world coordinate space; and fit a camera model representing the direction of a principal ray in the world coordinate space, corresponding to the pixel coordinates, as a function of the pixel coordinates, to the calibration data obtained, thereby calculating parameters of the camera model.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki MATSUZAWA
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Patent number: 10127687Abstract: A calibration device for an optical device including a two-dimensional image conversion element having a plurality of pixels and an optical system that forms an image-formation relationship between the image conversion element and the three-dimensional world coordinate space. The calibration device includes: a calibration-data acquisition unit that acquires calibration data representing the correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates in the image conversion element and three-dimensional world coordinates in the world coordinate space; and a parameter calculating unit that calculates parameters of a camera model by applying, to the calibration data acquired by the calibration-data acquisition unit, a camera model in which two coordinate values of the three-dimensional world coordinates are expressed as functions of the other one coordinate value of the world coordinates and the two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki Matsuzawa
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Publication number: 20170243374Abstract: A calibration device for an optical device including a two-dimensional image conversion element having a plurality of pixels and an optical system that forms an image-formation relationship between the image conversion element and the three-dimensional world coordinate space. The calibration device includes: a calibration-data acquisition unit that acquires calibration data representing the correspondence between two-dimensional pixel coordinates in the image conversion element and three-dimensional world coordinates in the world coordinate space; and a parameter calculating unit that calculates parameters of a camera model by applying, to the calibration data acquired by the calibration-data acquisition unit, a camera model in which two coordinate values of the three-dimensional world coordinates are expressed as functions of the other one coordinate value of the world coordinates and the two coordinate values of the two-dimensional pixel coordinates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki MATSUZAWA
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Patent number: 7761257Abstract: An apparatus is for evaluating optical characteristics of an optical system based on an image forming position of a point image formed through the optical system. The apparatus includes a point image producing unit that forms a point image through the optical system in each point light source; an imaging unit that images the point images to produce a point image distribution image; and a moving unit that changes relative distance between the optical system and the point light source or the imaging unit in an optical axis direction. The apparatus also performs processing of detecting an image forming position in each different relative distance of the point image based on image information of the point image distribution images, the processing including calculating a regression expression for the detected image forming positions to obtain a shape parameter of the image axis in each of the point images.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Toshiaki Matsuzawa
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Patent number: 7747101Abstract: This lens evaluation device comprises a plurality of point light sources arranged on the plane, an imaging unit for picking up an object and obtaining its image, a movement unit for changing the relative distance between the point light source or the imaging unit and the optical system to be evaluated, a storage medium for recording stack images obtained by the imaging unit picking up the images of the plurality of point light sources via the optical system every time the movement unit changes the relative distance, an image position calculation unit for calculating a plurality of image positions from the plurality of pieces of point light source image in the stack image recorded on the storage medium and an aberration acquisition unit for fitting an aberration model function to the plurality of image positions calculated and obtaining an aberration measurement value.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Matsuzawa, Go Ryu, Yukio Eda, Terumasa Morita
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Publication number: 20080281556Abstract: An apparatus is for evaluating optical characteristics of an optical system based on an image forming position of a point image formed through the optical system. The apparatus includes a point image producing unit that forms a point image through the optical system in each point light source; an imaging unit that images the point images to produce a point image distribution image; and a moving unit that changes relative distance between the optical system and the point light source or the imaging unit in an optical axis direction. The apparatus also performs processing of detecting an image forming position in each different relative distance of the point image based on image information of the point image distribution images, the processing including calculating a regression expression for the detected image forming positions to obtain a shape parameter of the image axis in each of the point images.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki MATSUZAWA