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Fuxiang Hu, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090241404Trawl-net collecting apparatus of net-mouth inclination maintainable type - There is provided a trawl-net collecting apparatus of net-mouth inclination maintainable type capable of autonomously maintaining a posture thereof. The present invention is a trawl-net collecting apparatus of net-mouth inclination maintainable type in which a trawl net is attached to a substantially rectangular cylindrical frame, the trawl net being formed of an upper net, a lower net, and a pair of side nets, and the trawl net having a shape formed of a body part of a quadrangular trapezoid shape and a cod-end part connected to an end of the quadrangular trapezoidal body part, wherein each of the side nets attached to the frame has a longer side and a shorter side as an upper side and a lower side, and a side defining a net-mouth edge defines a side-net front edge inclination angle (γ), which satisfies a relationship represented by the following expression (1), relative to a bottom side of an isosceles trapezoid having the shorter side as a shorter leg, so that the frame autonomously maintains an inclination angle (β) due to a resistance and a lift of a water flow against the net.10-01-2009
20090282723Trawl net layer-by-layer collecting device - To provide a lightweight trawl net layer-by-layer collecting device capable of autonomously switching opening and closing of a net mouths of trawl nets. The trawl net layer-by-layer collecting device comprises: a rectangular cylindrical frame 11-19-2009

Fuxing Hu, Koto-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110308134High-lift Otter Board - The invention has a curved board. The curved board is formed into a shape that curves in a curving direction corresponding to an expanding direction of a net opening in a towing state, from a front-side end section that is a front side in a towing direction in the towing state towards a rear-side end section that is a rear side in the towing direction in the towing state. At least one of a projecting structure having a projecting surface, a top board, and a bottom board is formed in the curved board.12-22-2011

Szuhan Hu, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090196544WAVEGUIDE SENSOR FOR SENSING - A waveguide sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a first underclad arranged on one side of the substrate; a first sensing core arranged on outer side of the first underclad and having a stripe pattern which extends in one direction; a first overclad arranged on outer side of the first sensing core; a second underclad arranged on another side of the substrate; a second sensing core arranged on outer side of the second underclad and having a stripe pattern which extends in a direction not parallel to the direction in which the first sensing core extends; and a second overclad arranged on outer side of the second sensing core. A first grooved part which extends in a direction not parallel to the direction in which the first sensing core extends is formed on the first overclad, so that the first grooved part and the first sensing core together form a first grating in a plane view. Furthermore, a second grooved part which extends in a direction not parallel to the direction in which the second sensing core extends is formed on the second overclad, so that the second grooved part and the second sensing core together form a second grating in a plane view.08-06-2009

Szu-Han Hu, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090301775Wired circuit board and electronic device - A wired circuit board has an insulating layer extending in a longitudinal direction, a conductive layer having a plurality of signal wirings covered with the insulating layer and arranged in mutually spaced-apart and parallel relation in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction and a thickness direction of the insulating layer, and connecting terminals provided on both longitudinal ends of each of the signal wirings and exposed from the insulating layer, and a ground layer covered with the insulating layer and formed to surround each of the signal wirings in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction. A slit along the longitudinal direction is formed between each of the signal wirings in the insulating layer.12-10-2009

Wanhua Hu, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Weiliang Hu, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090289724FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A frequency synthesizer includes compensation variable capacitance diodes 11-26-2009
20100301910Frequency synthesizer - A frequency synthesizer comprises a VCO group; a phase comparator; and a loop filter. Each VCO includes a varactor and a capacitor bank including a plurality of weighted capacitance elements, and a plurality of switches turned ON and OFF based on a control signal. Also provided a temperature compensation including a varactor correction potential generation circuit, a correction potential generation circuit for parasitic capacitance of the capacitor bank, a variable gain amplifier in which weighting processing, based on a control signal of the capacitor bank, is performed on an output potential of the correction potential generation circuit, and an adder circuit that adds the output voltage of the correction potential generation circuit of the varactor and output voltage of the variable gain amplifier, and the varactor of the VCO is controlled by output (correction potential) of the adder circuit.12-02-2010

Wei-Zhi Hu, Sakura-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110318701DENTAL PROBE - A dental probe according to the invention is provided with a tip portion including a water flow path, an air flow path, a multi-lumen tube including a duct formed therein in which an optical fiber is inserted, and the optical fiber inserted in the duct. The optical fiber includes a resin-coated layer provided on an outer circumference of a cladding and a metal-coated layer provided on the outer circumference of the resin-coated layer, and the resin-coated layer is formed of a polymer compound having a refractive index lower than that of the cladding.12-29-2011

Xiulan Hu, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080295886ZNO WHISKER FILMS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention is a ZnO whisker film, a manufacturing method thereof and an electronic device material composed of such a ZnO whisker film, the film is composed of primarily (at least 50 mol %) of ZnO crystals, and of accumulated whisker-like particles having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, and the film has a nanostructure with both a high specific surface area and a high electrical conductivity, the film can be manufactured by adjusting one or more solution condition selected from starting material concentration, temperature and pH so as to induce the deposition of ZnO crystals, in a reaction solution system for depositing zinc oxide, and forming thereby a ZnO whisker film on a substrate.12-04-2008

Xuebin Hu, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090087089CHIN POSITION CALCULATING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE CHIN POSITION CALCULATING APPARATUS, CHIN POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A CHIN POSITION CALCULATING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - Automatic detection of chin positions is enabled from within digital images regardless of the facing directions of the faces. Faces having skin color are detected from input color images. Reference lines from center positions between eyes and center positions of mouths, which are included in faces are calculated, based on the faces detected by the face detecting section. Data that indicates statistical positional relationships among center positions between eyes, center positions of mouths, and chins therein are obtained. Probabilities that the reference lines calculated by the reference line calculating section include the positions of chins, based on the data that indicates the statistical positional relationships and the reference lines are calculated. Probabilities of skin colored pixels being present on the reference line are calculated. Rates of brightness variations along the reference line are calculated. Positions of chins are calculated based on combinations of the above the results of calculation.04-02-2009
20090087100TOP OF HEAD POSITION CALCULATING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE TOP OF HEAD POSITION CALCULATING APPARATUS, TOP OF HEAD POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A TOP OF HEAD POSITION CALCULATING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - Automatic detection of top of head positions of humans is enabled from within digital images even in cases that backgrounds are not monotonous. Face regions are detected from within input images. Detection ranges, within which tops of heads are searched for, are set based on the detected face regions. Hair regions are detected by extracting high frequency components from within the detection ranges. The positions of the tops of heads are calculated from the detected hair regions.04-02-2009
20090245579PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION CONSTRUCTING METHOD, PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION CONSTRUCTING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION CONSTRUCTING PROGRAM, SUBJECT DETECTING METHOD, SUBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF SUBJECT DETECTING PROGRAM - A probability distribution constructing method extracts a subject shape similar to a subject of a specific type repeatedly appearing in various sizes in plural images obtained by repeatedly photographing a field using a fixedly disposed camera, from plurality images, in accordance with a size of the similar subject shape and positional information of the camera on a view angle. Subsequently, the probability distribution constructing method determines the similar subject shape, and calculates an appearance probability distribution of the size of the subject, and detects the subject using the appearance probability distribution.10-01-2009
20090245656SIMILAR SEMICIRCLE DETECTING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SIMILAR SEMICIRCLE DETECTING PROGRAM - The present invention performs a process of integrating plural pixel evaluation values corresponding to plural evaluation pixels on a circular arc overlapping a circle using a predetermined pixel in interest as its center and calculating an integrated evaluation value to evaluate whether the circular arc is a circular arc corresponding to a similar semicircular shape, for each of plural circular arcs that overlap the circle in overlapping phases which are different from each other, compares plural integrated evaluation values corresponding to the plural circular arcs, and extracts the circular arc with which the integrated evaluation value indicating the most approximation to the similar semicircular shape is associated, from the plural circular arcs.10-01-2009

Xuebin Hu, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100296701PERSON TRACKING METHOD, PERSON TRACKING APPARATUS, AND PERSON TRACKING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A person tracking method capable of tracking movements of a person captured by a camera through lighter processing in comparison with tracking processing that employs a Kalman filter or the like is provided. The method includes: detecting a head on each frame image; calculating a feature quantity that features a person whose head is detected on the frame images; calculating a relevance ratio that represents a degree of agreement between a feature quantity on a past frame image and a feature quantity on a current frame image, which belong to each person whose head is detected on the current frame image; and determining that, a head, which is a basis for calculation of a relevance ratio that represents a degree of agreement being a first threshold as well as being a maximum degree of agreement, is a head of the same person as the person having the head.11-25-2010
20100296702PERSON TRACKING METHOD, PERSON TRACKING APPARATUS, AND PERSON TRACKING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A person tracking method capable of obtaining information representing a correspondence between a shot image and a three-dimensional real space, without actual measurement, thereby enabling lighter processing is provided. The method includes: calculating a statistically average correspondence between a size of person's head and a position representing a height of the head on the shot image, the camera looking down a measured space and taking the measured space; detecting a position and a size of a head on each of measured frame images; calculating, based on positions and sizes of heads on plural past measured frame images and the correspondence, a movement feature quantity representing a possibility that a head on a current measured frame image is of the same person on the past measured frame images; and determining that the head on the current measured frame image is of the same person on the past measured frame images.11-25-2010

Yi Hu, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110235901METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING CLASSIFIERS - Classifiers, which are combinations of a plurality of weak classifiers, for discriminating objects included in detection target images by employing features extracted from the detection target images to perform multi class discrimination including a plurality of classes regarding the objects are generated. When the classifiers are generated, branching positions and branching structures of the weak classifiers of the plurality of classes are determined, according to the learning results of the weak classifiers in each of the plurality of classes.09-29-2011
20110243426METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING CLASSIFIERS - Classifiers, which are combinations of a plurality of weak classifiers, for discriminating objects included in detection target images by employing features extracted from the detection target images to perform multi class discrimination including a plurality of classes regarding the objects are generated. When the classifiers are generated, learning is performed for the weak classifiers of the plurality of classes, sharing only the features.10-06-2011

Yi Hu, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110019920METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING OBJECT - A region where a detecting target object exists is extracted by a comparison between an evaluated value indicating a probability that the detecting target object exists and a threshold, through the process of producing a differential image between different frames in plural frames constituting a continuous image, of setting an average value in an averaging region extended around each pixel of the differential image as a new value of each pixel, of obtaining the evaluated value by applying a filter that acts on a search region on an image to a search region extended around a search pixel that is extracted by comparing the new value and the threshold, on the differential image.01-27-2011
20110026810IMAGE ANALYZING APPARATUS, IMAGE ANALYZING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image analyzing apparatus for efficiently performing detection of an object and tracking of a specified object, including a feature value recording section that records a plurality of reference feature values different in type from each other; a feature value extracting section that extracts a plurality of feature values different in type from each other, from each of a plurality of moving image constituent images included in a moving image; an object extracting section that extracts an object from the moving image constituent images, based on a degree of matching of the plurality of extracted feature values with respect to the plurality of reference feature values recorded in the feature value recording section; a reference feature value calculating section that calculates, from the plurality of reference feature values recorded in the feature value recording section, a plurality of reference feature values adjusted to the feature values of the extracted object, to a predetermined degree corresponding to the type; and a feature value updating section that updates the plurality of reference feature values recorded in the feature value recording section, with the plurality of reference feature values calculated by the reference feature value calculating section.02-03-2011

Yi Hu, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090245575METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETECTING OBJECT - In an object detecting method according to an aspect of the invention, a specific kind of object such as a human head can be detected with high accuracy even if the detecting target object appears in various shapes. The object detecting method includes a primary evaluated value computing step of applying plural filters to an image of an object detecting target to compute plural feature quantities and of obtaining a primary evaluated value corresponding to each-feature quantity; a secondary evaluated value computing step of obtaining a secondary evaluated value by integrating the plural primary evaluated values obtained in the primary evaluated value computing step; and a region extracting step of comparing the secondary evaluated value obtained in the secondary evaluated value computing step and a threshold to extract a region where an existing probability of the specific kind of object is higher than the threshold.10-01-2009
20090245576METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETECTING OBJECT - The invention relates to an object detecting method for detecting a specific kind of object such as a human head and a human face from an image expressed by two-dimensionally arrayed pixels, the object detecting method including an image group producing step of producing an image group including an original image of the object detecting target and at least one thinned-out image by thinning out pixels constituting the original image at a predetermined rate or by thinning out the pixels at the predetermined rate in a stepwise manner; and a stepwise detection step of detecting the specific kind of object from the original image by sequentially repeating plural extraction processes from an extraction process of applying a filter acting on a relatively small region to a relatively small image toward an extraction process of applying a filter acting on a relatively wide region to a relatively large image.10-01-2009

Zhencheng Hu, Kumamoto-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090099686Work transfer system, route setting method, and route setting program - A route setting method according to the present invention sets, in a work transfer system including a plurality of work transfer units which connect a plurality of loading places to a plurality of unloading places, a route of the work transfer units to pass a work between a planned loading place and a planned unloading place which are required to transfer the work in the plurality of loading places and the plurality of unloading places. The route setting method includes the steps of setting, based on layout information representing a layout of the plurality of work transfer units, a plurality of candidates of the route between the planned loading place and the planned unloading place, and selecting, based on a predetermined condition, one route from the plurality of candidates of the route set in the candidate setting step.04-16-2009

Zhencheng Hu, Kumamoto JP