Patents by Inventor Yoko Nishio

Yoko Nishio 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).

  • System for spotting moving objects based on a plurality of artificial satellites
    Patent number: 6133997
    Abstract: A system for spotting moving objects based on a plurality of artificial satellites including: a step of taking images at the same point in time by using imaging devices respectively mounted on at least two units of artificial satellites located separately from one another of which the positions can be defined at every moment in time; a step of discriminating a large number of stars at infinity and a small number of moving objects located near the earth through a synthetic processing by superimposing upon one another at least two images of spots obtained from the image taking at the respective satellites; and a step of specifying the positions of the discriminated moving objects from data of images forming positions of the moving objects on the basis of the large number of stars at infinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: National Space Development Agency of Japan
    Inventors: Koji Yamawaki, Yasuhiro Takami, Yoko Nishio, Yutaka Kaneko, Takahiro Kinoshita