Patents by Inventor Yuichi Kawakami

Yuichi Kawakami 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: 20240066902
    Abstract: A cooling efficiency is increased. An inkjet head is provided with a head main body for jetting ink, a cooling pipe which has corrosion resistance to the ink, and through which the ink for cooling a drive circuit passes, and a cooling member which has higher thermal conductivity than that of the cooling pipe, in which at least a part of the cooling pipe is embedded, and which has recessed parts in at least a part of a portion surrounding the cooling pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKAHAMA, Kenji Suzuki, Nobuhiro Kawakami, Takuma Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 8229173
    Abstract: A parallax calculator sets a plurality of target points in each standard image and calculates parallaxes of the individual target points. An optical flow calculator calculates two-dimensional optical flows of the individual target points by searching for points corresponding to the target points set in the standard image captured in a frame immediately preceding a current frame. A movement calculation block calculates a forward moving speed of the moving body and angular velocities thereof in both a pitch direction and a pan direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8164645
    Abstract: An apparatus received input of a base image and a reference image that are images picked up by two cameras provided on left and right. A window setting portion determines a size of a window based on an edge value of an image around a gaze point in the base image. A position deviation operation portion operates deviation between the image in the window of the base image and the image in the window of the reference image. A three-dimensional coordinate operation portion operates a three-dimensional coordinate of a surface of an object based on deviation between the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8055060
    Abstract: An apparatus receives a base image and a reference image that are images picked up by two cameras provided on left and right. A weight coefficient determination portion determines a coefficient for cutting off a high-frequency region of combined phase spectrum of the base image and the reference image, based on an image pickup condition of the camera and texture information of the image in a window centered on a gaze point within the base image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7925060
    Abstract: An authentication system comprises: a generating part for generating face information including at least one of three-dimensional shape information and two-dimensional information in the face of a first person to be authenticated on the basis of measurement information of the first person; a model modifying part for modifying a standard model of a human face by using the face information, thereby generating an individual model of the face of the first person; a calculating part for calculating a first model perfection level as a perfection level of the individual model on the basis of reliability of the face information; an extracting part for extracting first feature information as feature information of the first person from the individual model; an obtaining part for obtaining second feature information as feature information of a second person to be compared which is pre-registered; and an authenticating part for performing an authenticating operation on the first person by using the first model perfectio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshio Norita, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20100007756
    Abstract: An apparatus received input of a base image and a reference image that are images picked up by two cameras provided on left and right. A window setting portion determines a size of a window based on an edge value of an image around a gaze point in the base image. A position deviation operation portion operates deviation between the image in the window of the base image and the image in the window of the reference image. A three-dimensional coordinate operation unit portion operates a three-dimensional coordinate of a surface of an object based on deviation between the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7583271
    Abstract: In order to generate a three-dimensional shape model corresponding to a two-dimensional image easily, a data processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional shape generating section and a texture image generating section generating a three-dimensional shape and a texture image, respectively, upon application of a model parameter, a two-dimensional image input section receiving an input two-dimensional image, a modulating section for modulating the input two-dimensional image to the three-dimensional shape, and a parameter transforming section calculating a parameter of the modulated two-dimensional image and applying the calculated parameter to the three-dimensional shape generating section and to the texture image generating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawakami, Yuusuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20090195774
    Abstract: A parallax calculator sets a plurality of target points in each standard image and calculates parallaxes of the individual target points. An optical flow calculator calculates two-dimensional optical flows of the individual target points by searching for points corresponding to the target points set in the standard image captured in a frame immediately preceding a current frame. A movement calculation block calculates a forward moving speed of the moving body and angular velocities thereof in both a pitch direction and a pan direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 7483548
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a person or the like from an image extracts candidates, which are considered to human body regions, from the image. Region likelihood probabilities of the respective candidates are obtained, and a human body likelihood of a collection of the candidates is probabilistically calculated using the region likelihood probabilities and correlations among the candidates. It is thereby possible to detect the person robustly against occlusion or change in photographic environment without increasing calculation cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Nakano, Youichi Kawakami, Daisaku Horie, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20080080762
    Abstract: An apparatus receives a base image and a reference image that are images picked up by two cameras provided on left and right. A weight coefficient determination portion determines a coefficient for cutting off a high-frequency region of combined phase spectrum of the base image and the reference image, based on an image pickup condition of the camera and texture information of the image in a window centered on a gaze point within the base image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventor: Yuichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7298918
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus first forms an edge image of an input image using, for example, SOBEL operator, and performs a smoothing process on the formed edge image by using an average filter. Thereafter, the image processing apparatus calculates a difference between the edge image and the edge smoothed image, and binarizes the edge image based on the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Sumitomo, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20070237367
    Abstract: By retaining the history of past verification judgment as verification information, and, based on this verification information, at the time of every verification judgment, by determining the threshold value that becomes the reference for judgment, and by updating the verification information, a judgment threshold value suitable for the respective biometric information is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamato, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7257235
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus according to the present invention has an image taking section which captures images of a plurality of image capturing areas, a detecting section which detects an object to be monitored based on an image obtained by the image taking section, a command receiving section which receives a command for remote control, and a command executing section which executes a process corresponding to the received command when the object is not detected by the detecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawakami, Tomoyuki Terada, Kyoko Nakamura, Ken Yoshii, Yasuhisa Kinto
  • Patent number: 7221779
    Abstract: The present invention provides an object measuring apparatus capable of performing high-speed process and accurately counting the number of a plurality of objects even in the case where the plurality of objects pass a boundary line simultaneously. The object measuring apparatus extracts motion vectors at a plurality of times in each of a plurality of positions on a boundary line on the basis of a plurality of images. The object measuring apparatus obtains at least one integral value by integrating components perpendicular to the boundary line of the motion vectors. As the at least one integral value, for example, an integral value derived by integrating the perpendicular components of one of positive and negative signs is obtained. The object measuring apparatus calculates the number of moving objects (people and the like) passing the boundary line on the basis of the integral value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawakami, Yuusuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20070098230
    Abstract: An authentication system comprises: a generating part for generating face information including at least one of three-dimensional shape information and two-dimensional information in the face of a first person to be authenticated on the basis of measurement information of the first person; a model modifying part for modifying a standard model of a human face by using the face information, thereby generating an individual model of the face of the first person; a calculating part for calculating a first model perfection level as a perfection level of the individual model on the basis of reliability of the face information; an extracting part for extracting first feature information as feature information of the first person from the individual model; an obtaining part for obtaining second feature information as feature information of a second person to be compared which is pre-registered; and an authenticating part for performing an authenticating operation on the first person by using the first model perfectio
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Toshio Norita, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20070046662
    Abstract: An authentication apparatus comprises a first acquiring part for acquiring three-dimensional shape information of a face of a target person to be authenticated, a compressing part for compressing said three-dimensional shape information by using a predetermined mapping relation, thereby generating three-dimensional shape feature information, and an authenticating part for performing an operation of authenticating said target person by using said three-dimensional shape feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawakami, Yuusuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20070050639
    Abstract: The present invention provides an authentication apparatus comprising a first acquiring part for acquiring three-dimensional information of a first object to be authenticated, a second acquiring part for acquiring two-dimensional information of the first object and an authenticating part for performing an authenticating operation on the first object by using the three-dimensional information and the two-dimensional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Yuusuke Nakano, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20060210121
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide an eye opening degree estimating apparatus capable of properly estimating the opening degree of an eye. In an eye opening degree estimating apparatus, a search axis used for estimating the eye opening degree is set in an eye region image. By integrating luminance values of the eye region image in positions in the direction of the search axis along the direction perpendicular to the search axis, a vertical-direction integral projection histogram is generated. On the basis of a feature amount of at least one of the vertical-direction integral projection histogram in a position in the direction of the search axis in which the vertical-direction integral projection histogram has an extreme value and the eye region image, the opening degree of an eye included in the eye region image is estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Yuusuke Nakano, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7046838
    Abstract: The three-dimensional data input method uses the three-dimensional data input apparatus that includes a monitor screen for confirming an object and is constructed to input the three-dimensional data of the object by shooting the object. In accordance with the three-dimensional data inputted from a part of the object Q, an image of the three-dimensional shape model that corresponds to the shape is generated. The image of the three-dimensional shape model is displayed on the monitor screen as a guide image for framing. The framing is performed so that the guide image is overlapped on the portion of the object image corresponding to the guide image, so that the object is shot after the framing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiko Sakagawa, Eiro Fujii, Koichi Shiono, Yuichi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20050084133
    Abstract: The present invention provides an object measuring apparatus capable of performing high-speed process and accurately counting the number of a plurality of objects even in the case where the plurality of objects pass a boundary line simultaneously. The object measuring apparatus extracts motion vectors at a plurality of times in each of a plurality of positions on a boundary line on the basis of a plurality of images. The object measuring apparatus obtains at least one integral value by integrating components perpendicular to the boundary line of the motion vectors. As the at least one integral value, for example, an integral value derived by integrating the perpendicular components of one of positive and negative signs is obtained. The object measuring apparatus calculates the number of moving objects (people and the like) passing the boundary line on the basis of the integral value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawakami, Yuusuke Nakano