Patents by Inventor Yusuke Konno

Yusuke Konno 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: 20180143009
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a shape inspection method, a shape inspection apparatus, and a program capable of adjusting the brightness and the thickness of a light-section line in a light-section image more simply and objectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro HIBI, Yusuke KONNO, Nobuhiro FURUYA, Tomohiro KUROIWA
  • Patent number: 9970750
    Abstract: [Object] To perform shape inspection of a metallic body in a simple way at higher speed with higher density. [Solution] An apparatus of the present invention includes: a measurement apparatus configured to irradiate a metallic body with at least two illumination light beams, and measure reflected light separately; and an arithmetic processing apparatus configured to calculate information used for shape inspection of the metallic body on the basis of measurement results. The measurement apparatus includes a plurality of illumination light sources configured to emit strip-shaped illumination light having different peak wavelengths, and a plurality of monochrome line sensor cameras that have band-pass filters and are aligned vertically above a surface of the metallic body and set to capture images of the same portion of the metallic body by their respective shift lenses, the number of the monochrome line sensor cameras being the same as the number of the peak wavelengths of the emitted illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Akagi, Yusuke Konno, Hironao Yamaji, Jun Umemura
  • Publication number: 20180106608
    Abstract: [Object] To measure the surface height of a rigid body to be measured more accurately even if any one of three types of disturbance of translation in the height direction, rotation around the longitudinal-direction axis, and rotation around the width-direction axis has occurred during conveyance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro HIBI, Yusuke KONNO, Nobuhiro FURUYA, Tomohiro KUROIWA
  • Publication number: 20180087898
    Abstract: [Object] To perform shape inspection of a metallic body in a simple way at higher speed with higher density. [Solution] An apparatus of the present invention includes: a measurement apparatus configured to irradiate a metallic body with at least two illumination light beams, and measure reflected light separately; and an arithmetic processing apparatus configured to calculate information used for shape inspection of the metallic body on the basis of measurement results. The measurement apparatus includes a plurality of illumination light sources configured to emit strip-shaped illumination light having different peak wavelengths, and a plurality of monochrome line sensor cameras that have band-pass filters and are aligned vertically above a surface of the metallic body and set to capture images of the same portion of the metallic body by their respective shift lenses, the number of the monochrome line sensor cameras being the same as the number of the peak wavelengths of the emitted illumination light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio AKAGI, Yusuke KONNO, Hironao YAMAJI, Jun UMEMURA
  • Patent number: 9903710
    Abstract: To inspect the shape of a metallic body further accurately, regardless of surface roughness of the metallic body. A shape inspection apparatus for a metallic body according to the present invention includes: a measurement apparatus configured to irradiate a metallic body with at least two illumination light beams, and measure reflected light of the two illumination light beams from the metallic body separately; and an arithmetic processing apparatus configured to calculate information used for shape inspection of the metallic body on the basis of luminance values of the reflected light. The measurement apparatus includes a first illumination light source and a second illumination light source configured to irradiate the metallic body with strip-shaped illumination light having mutually different peak wavelengths, and a color line sensor camera configured to measure reflected light of first illumination light and reflected light of second illumination light, separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Konno, Toshio Akagi, Hironao Yamaji, Jun Umemura
  • Publication number: 20170276476
    Abstract: To inspect the shape of a metallic body further accurately, regardless of surface roughness of the metallic body. A shape inspection apparatus for a metallic body according to the present invention includes: a measurement apparatus configured to irradiate a metallic body with at least two illumination light beams, and measure reflected light of the two illumination light beams from the metallic body separately; and an arithmetic processing apparatus configured to calculate information used for shape inspection of the metallic body on the basis of luminance values of the reflected light. The measurement apparatus includes a first illumination light source and a second illumination light source configured to irradiate the metallic body with strip-shaped illumination light having mutually different peak wavelengths, and a color line sensor camera configured to measure reflected light of first illumination light and reflected light of second illumination light, separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke KONNO, Toshio AKAGI, Hironao YAMAJI, Jun UMEMURA
  • Patent number: 7939307
    Abstract: Modified CueO having excellent enzymatic activity and a composition for dyeing keratin fiber which contains the enzyme. A recombinant protein having an enzymatic activity for oxidizing p-phenylenediamine, the protein is obtained by removing from CueO at least one member selected from the group consisting of helix 5, helix 6, and helix 7; and the composition for dyeing keratin fiber containing the recombinant protein and an oxidation dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignees: National University Corporation Kanazawa University, Mandom Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori Otsuka, Yoshio Tsujino, Yusuke Konno, Shinji Kurose, Kunishige Kataoka, Takeshi Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20100205754
    Abstract: Modified CueO having excellent enzymatic activity and a composition for dyeing keratin fiber which contains the enzyme. A recombinant protein having an enzymatic activity for oxidizing p-phenylenediamine, the protein is obtained by removing from CueO at least one member selected from the group consisting of helix 5, helix 6, and helix 7; and the composition for dyeing keratin fiber containing the recombinant protein and an oxidation dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KANAZAWA UNIVERSIT, MANDOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Otsuka, Yoshio Tsujino, Yusuke Konno, Shinji Kurose, Kunishige Kataoka, Takeshi Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20040109602
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for inspecting a bump electrode is almost independent of a surface condition of an object to be inspected. Before starting inspection, a template image is prepared by using a predetermined function. During inspection, a gradation correction of the photographed image is made by using a function with a saturation characteristic. The photographed image, which includes an image corresponding to at least one ball, is then segmented. Whether each bump electrode is an acceptable product or not is determined by pattern matching by calculating a normalized correlation coefficient between the segmented image and the template image prepared in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Yusuke Konno, Taro Kohno