Patents by Inventor Akinobu Seki

Akinobu Seki 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: 20140313734
    Abstract: A luminous flux control member (120) has: a light input surface (121) having inputted thereto light that has been outputted from a light emitting element (110); a total reflecting surface (122) which totally reflects a part of the light inputted from the light input surface (121); and a light output surface (123), which outputs a part of the light inputted from the light input surface (121), and the light reflected by the total reflecting surface (122). The light output surface (123) of the luminous flux control member (120) has a substantially toroidal shape or a saddle-like shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Akinobu Seki
  • Patent number: 8827491
    Abstract: A lighting device preventing an illumination variation on a surface to be irradiated. The lighting device has a first light emitting surface section (102a) which is a surface formed by rotating a bus with a central axis as a rotation axis in a first angle area (??1????1) of an angle (?) relative to a cross section of the bus which is an intersection line with the cross section perpendicular to a surface (801a) to be irradiated and including the central axis of a lighting lens (100), a second light emitting surface section (102b) formed in a second angle area (?1???180° and ?180°?????1) of the angle (?) so that a light flux emitted toward the surface (801a) increases as compared with the case where the first light emitting surface section (102a) is formed in a whole-angle area (0°??<360°) on the light emitting surface section (102), a third light emitting surface section (102c) formed by the step between the first light emitting surface section (102a) and the second light emitting surface section (102b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takatori, Akinobu Seki, Noriyuki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8777458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device to reduce the number of components and elements of a light emitting device and a lighting device having the light emitting device, and simplify and miniaturize the structures of these devices. With this light flux controlling member (4), a total reflecting surface (12) functions like a reflecting member, light from a light emitting element (LED, for example) (3) that is incident from an input surface (13) and that arrives at the total reflecting surface (12) is total-reflected by the total reflecting surface (12) toward the output surface (11) side (including a first output surface (11a) and second output surface (11b)), and the illuminating light from the second output surface (11b) is superimposed upon the illuminating light from the first output surface (11a), so that the light from the light emitting element (LED, for example) (3) is used efficiently and illuminates the illumination target surface (6) over a wide range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Akinobu Seki, Kyouhei Yamada, Noriyuki Kawahara, Hiroshi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20130308320
    Abstract: Light flux controlling member (140) includes: light controlling emission surface (141) for controlling the distribution of light emitted from light emitting element (130); back surface (143) that is positioned on a side opposite light controlling emission surface (141); boss (145) that is formed on back surface (143) side; and annular concave part (146) that is formed in the vicinity of a base end of boss (145). Annular concave part (146) has inside surface (146a) that is smoothly connected to an outer peripheral surface of the base end of boss (145) and that has an arc-shaped cross-section in an axial direction of boss (145).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki KAWAHARA, Akinobu SEKI
  • Publication number: 20130128576
    Abstract: A light-emitting device combining a first luminous flux control member having a total reflection surface and emitting light from an emission surface in a narrow angle range centered mainly on an optical axis, and a second luminous flux control member arranged to surround the total reflection surface of the first luminous flux control member. The second luminous flux control member (102) of the light-emitting device is provided with a second incidence surface (126a) and a second emitting surface (126b). Of the light emitted from the light-emitting element (200), the light incident to the second incidence surface (126a) is within a range of angles ? larger than a largest angle to the optical axis of the light incident to the first luminous flux control member (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Akinobu Seki, Hiroshi Takatori, Kyouhei Yamada, Masato Nakamura, Masayo Takizawa, Noriyuki Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20130114258
    Abstract: A lighting device preventing an illumination variation on a surface to be irradiated. The lighting device has a first light emitting surface section (102a) which is a surface formed by rotating a bus with a central axis as a rotation axis in a first angle area (??1????1) of an angle (?) relative to a cross section of the bus which is an intersection line with the cross section perpendicular to a surface (801a) to be irradiated and including the central axis of a lighting lens (100), a second light emitting surface section (102b) formed in a second angle area (?1???180° and ?180°?????1) of the angle (?) so that a light flux emitted toward the surface (801a) increases as compared with the case where the first light emitting surface section (102a) is formed in a whole-angle area (0°??<360°) on the light emitting surface section (102), a third light emitting surface section (102c) formed by the step between the first light emitting surface section (102a) and the second light emitting surface section (102b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takatori, Akinobu Seki, Noriyuki Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20130044496
    Abstract: Provided are a lighting lens and an illumination apparatus including the same that can improve color rendering properties and prevent reductions in performance of a light flux controlling member and in illuminance on a surface to be illuminated when a pseudo-white LED is used. This lighting lens (1) includes a color adjustment unit (14) that contains a color adjusting material, is excited by light emitted from an LED (2) and emits light in a color different from the light-emitting color of the LED (2). The color adjustment unit (14) is disposed at a portion through which sub-rays other than main rays pass and not at a portion through which the main rays pass, the main rays being rays having a luminous intensity equal to or more than a predetermined percentage of the maximum luminous intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Akinobu Seki, Noriyuki Kawahara, Kyouhei Yamada, Hiroshi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20110255291
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device to reduce the number of components and elements of a light emitting device and a lighting device having the light emitting device, and simplify and miniaturize the structures of these devices. With this light flux controlling member (4), a total reflecting surface (12) functions like a reflecting member, light from a light emitting element (LED, for example) (3) that is incident from an input surface (13) and that arrives at the total reflecting surface (12) is total-reflected by the total reflecting surface (12) toward the output surface (11) side (including a first output surface (11a) and second output surface (11b)), and the illuminating light from the second output surface (11b) is superimposed upon the illuminating light from the first output surface (11a), so that the light from the light emitting element (LED, for example) (3) is used efficiently and illuminates the illumination target surface (6) over a wide range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Akinobu Seki, Kyouhei Yamada, Noriyuki Kawahara, Hiroshi Takatori
  • Patent number: 7738196
    Abstract: An optical unit is provided which includes gaps dR1 and dR2 in a radial direction that prevent an optical component from being affected by external stress during thermal expansion is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the optical component and an inner circumferential surface of a holder and gaps d0A1 and d0A2 that prevent the optical component adjacent to a pressing component from being affected by external stress during thermal expansion and are formed between predetermined surfaces on the pressing component and the optical component adjacent to the pressing component opposing each other in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Akinobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20090086342
    Abstract: An optical unit is provided that can reduce changes in optical performance caused by thermal expansion and maintain desired optical performance, in addition reducing a number of components. Gaps dR1 and dR2 in a radial direction that prevent an optical component 2 from being affected by external stress during thermal expansion is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the optical component 2 and an inner circumferential surface of a holder 7. Gaps dOA1 and dOA , that prevent the optical component 2 adjacent to a pressing component 14 from being affected by external stress during thermal expansion is formed between predetermined surfaces or the pressing component 14 and the optical component 2 adjacent to the pressing component 14 opposing each other in an optical axis 5 direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Akinobu Seki
  • Patent number: 5691902
    Abstract: A moving body measuring device, having an image taking unit for taking an image of a moving body, a controller for controlling the image taking unit and a frame memory for memorizing an image data of the image of the image taking unit, which processes the image data, detects the moving body and obtains an information of the moving body which comprises an existence domain setting circuit for previously setting an existence domain of the moving body extended along a moving path of the moving body based on the image data, a sampling circuit for sampling a data showing the moving body based on the image data in the existence domain, and a timewise data accumulating circuit for timewisely and continuously accumulating at every constant period, the data showing the moving body sampled by the sampling circuit which detects a timewise change of the moving body moving in the previously set existence domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Taniguchi, Haruki Furusawa, Jun Hatakenaka, Akinobu Seki
  • Patent number: 5598338
    Abstract: A moving body measuring device, having an image taking unit for taking an image of a moving body, a controllers for controlling the image taking unit and a frame memory for memorizing an image data of the image of the image taking unit, which processes the image data, detects the moving body and obtains an information of the moving body which comprises an existence domain setting circuits for previously setting an existence domain of the moving body extended along a moving path of the moving body based on the image data, a sampling circuits for sampling a data showing the moving body based on the image data in the existence domain, and a timewise data accumulating circuits for timewisely and continuously accumulating at every constant period, the data showing the moving body sampled by the sampling circuits which detects a timewise change of the moving body moving in the previously set existence domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Taniguchi, Haruki Furusawa, Jun Hatakenaka, Akinobu Seki
  • Patent number: 5396283
    Abstract: A moving body measuring device, having an image taking unit for taking an image of a moving body, a controller for controlling the image taking unit and a frame memory for memorizing an image data of the image of the image taking unit, which processes the image data, detects the moving body and obtains an information of the moving body which comprises an existence domain setting circuit for previously setting an existence domain of the moving body extended along a moving path of the moving body based on the image data, a sampling circuit for sampling a data showing the moving body based on the image data in the existence domain, and a timewise data accumulating circuit for timewisely and continuously accumulating at every constant period, the data showing the moving body sampled by the sampling circuit which detects a timewise change of the moving body moving in the previously set existence domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Taniguchi, Haruki Furusawa, Jun Hatakenaka, Akinobu Seki
  • Patent number: 5313295
    Abstract: A moving body measuring device, having an image taking unit for taking an image of a moving body, a controller for controlling the image taking unit and a frame memory for memorizing an image data of the image of the image taking unit, which processes the image data, detects the moving body and obtains an information of the moving body which comprises an existence domain setting circuit for previously setting an existence domain of the moving body extended along a moving path of the moving body based on the image data, a sampling circuit for sampling a data showing the moving body based on the image data in the existence domain, and a timewise data accumulating circuit for timewisely and continuously accumulating at every constant period, the data showing the moving body sampled by the sampling circuit which detects a timewise change of the moving body moving in the previously set existence domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Taniguchi, Haruki Furusawa, Jun Hatakenaka, Akinobu Seki