Patents by Inventor Yotaro NAKANE

Yotaro NAKANE 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).

  • APPEARANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND APPEARANCE INSPECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20230196548
    Abstract: An appearance inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit, a reconstructed image generation unit, and an image comparison unit. The imaging unit images an object. The reconstructed image generation unit generates a reconstructed image by using a model, the reconstructed image being an image to be obtained by reconstruction of an input image, image data on the object imaged by the imaging unit being used as the input image, the model being used for attempting to reproduce the image data. The image comparison unit generates a difference image corresponding to a difference between the input image and the reconstructed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi IKEDA, Yotaro NAKANE, Akira MINEZAWA, Kohei OKAHARA, Yukihiro TOKU