Patents by Inventor Hideaki Okano
Hideaki Okano 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).
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Patent number: 10732102Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical test apparatus includes a first aperture, a second aperture, an image sensor, and a first lens. The first aperture includes a first aperture plane provided with a first wavelength selecting region. The second aperture includes a second aperture plane provided with a second wavelength selecting region different from the first wavelength selecting region. The image sensor is configured to image a light beam passing through the first aperture plane and the second aperture plane and reaching an imaging plane. The first lens is configured to make a light beam passing through the first aperture plane and the second aperture plane be incident on the imaging plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Ohno, Hiroya Kano, Hideaki Okano
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Publication number: 20200150326Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical test apparatus includes a light convergence element, an optical filter, and an image sensor. The light convergence element converges light from a subject. The optical filter is arranged on an optical axis of the light convergence element. The image sensor is arranged in an effective region not crossing the optical axis of the light convergence element, and receives light passing through the light convergence element and the optical filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroya KANO, Hiroshi OHNO, Hideaki OKANO
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Publication number: 20200004125Abstract: A projection lens of the present disclosure includes, in order from projection side toward side of an image to be projected: a first lens group including a predetermined negative lens including a material having a linear expansion coefficient equal to or more than 3*10?5/° C. and having negative refractive power as a whole; an aperture; and a second lens group including a predetermined positive lens including a material having a linear expansion coefficient equal to or more than 3*10?5/° C. and having positive refractive power as a whole.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventor: HIDEAKI OKANO
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Patent number: 10451545Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical test apparatus includes a photodetector and a processing circuit. The photodetector outputs, as a light receiving signal, information concerning a light direction of received light. The processing circuit processes the light receiving signal to acquire information concerning a standard light direction as a standard and information concerning a passing light direction of passed light which has passed through an object; compares the information concerning the passing light direction with the information concerning the standard light direction, and on the basis of results of the comparison, acquires information concerning internal physical quantities of the object.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Ohno, Hiroya Kano, Hideaki Okano, Yoshinori Honguh
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Publication number: 20190279349Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection device includes: an image generation device configured to generate a second image corresponding to a first image; and a defect detection device configured to estimate a nonlinear shift based on a plurality of partial region sets, each of the partial region sets including a first partial region in the first image and a second partial region in the second image corresponding to the first partial region, and detect a defect in the second image from the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, NUFlare Technology, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi MORINO, Hideaki OKANO, Yoshinori HONGUH, Ryoichi HIRANO, Masataka SHIRATSUCHI, Hideaki HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20190219501Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical test apparatus includes a first aperture, a second aperture, an image sensor, and a first lens. The first aperture includes a first aperture plane provided with a first wavelength selecting region. The second aperture includes a second aperture plane provided with a second wavelength selecting region different from the first wavelength selecting region. The image sensor is configured to image a light beam passing through the first aperture plane and the second aperture plane and reaching an imaging plane. The first lens is configured to make a light beam passing through the first aperture plane and the second aperture plane be incident on the imaging plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHISBAInventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Hiroya KANO, Hideaki OKANO
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Publication number: 20180372625Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical test apparatus includes a photodetector and a processing circuit. The photodetector outputs, as a light receiving signal, information concerning a light direction of received light. The processing circuit processes the light receiving signal to acquire information concerning a standard light direction as a standard and information concerning a passing light direction of passed light which has passed through an object; compares the information concerning the passing light direction with the information concerning the standard light direction, and on the basis of results of the comparison, acquires information concerning internal physical quantities of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Hiroya Kano, Hideaki Okano, Yoshinori Honguh
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Publication number: 20180266967Abstract: According to one embodiment, as optical test apparatus includes a pump beam generating unit, a probe beam generating unit; and a photodetector. The pump beam generating unit generates a pump beam for exciting an elastic wave in a specimen. The probe beam generating unit generates a probe beam. The photodetector receives the probe beam. A first light penetration depth of the probe beam relative to the specimen is longer than a second light penetration depth of the pump beam relative to the specimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Akihiro GORYU, Mitsuaki KATO, Hiroya KANO, Hideaki OKANO
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Patent number: 9963082Abstract: Provides a hitch carrier that is highly versatile for a bicycle that is loadable and that ensures stable loading of a bicycle. A hitch carrier for loading a bicycle including a frame that includes a top tube, a down tube, and a sheet tube, includes a first arm engaged with a first cradle including a supporting portion that supports the top tube, a second arm engaged with a second cradle including a supporting portion that supports the down tube, and a post supporting in a cantilever manner both the first arm and the second arm separated in a vertical direction. Fastening belts are disposed on the first cradle and the second cradle to fasten the top tube and the down tube, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: CAR MATE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyotaka Inagaki, Wataru Ishida, Hideaki Okano
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Patent number: 9943254Abstract: According to an embodiment, a biological component estimating apparatus includes a first acquiring unit and a first estimating unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a scattering coefficient distribution image having each pixel specified with a scattering coefficient of a measurement target region of a biological body for light including a wavelength range in a near infrared range. The first estimating unit estimates an amount of change in a biological component based on the scattering coefficient distribution image.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hideaki Okano
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Publication number: 20180101958Abstract: According to one embodiment, an edge detection device includes a light source, an imaging part, and a detector. The light source includes at least three light-emitting parts for irradiating a plurality of objects adjacent with a light. The imaging part images a surface of the objects irradiated by each of the light-emitting parts, and generates a plurality of image data of the surface. The detector detects edges of the surface imaged, based on at least two different combinations of the plurality of image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroya KANO, Hideaki OKANO
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Patent number: 9672860Abstract: According to an embodiment, a recording/reproducing apparatus includes a diffraction grating and a light-receiving element. The diffraction grating divides return light from the guide layer in accordance with areas. The areas include a first area and a second area that does not overlap the first area. The light-receiving element includes (i) a first detecting cell group which receives a zero-order beam to which astigmatism is imparted, (ii) a second detecting cell group which receives at least one of a positive and negative first-order beam, which passes the first area and made astigmatic, and (iii) a third detecting cell group which receives at least one of a positive and negative first-order beam, which passes the second area and made astigmatic.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideaki Okano, Kazuo Watabe, Akihito Ogawa, Takashi Usui
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Patent number: 9598023Abstract: A bicycle-fork support device configured to hold: a conventional fork, allowing insertion of a quick-release-skewer support shaft, in a lower end portion of the fork of a bicycle; a through-axle fork where a through-axle insertion hole for securing a through-axle hub formed in a lower end portion of the through-axle fork, and configured to deal with outer diameters of through-axle forks. The support-fork switching unit includes: a support-device main body where a hollow portion is formed; end portions formed in right and left end portions of the hollow portion; a conventional-fork-use supporting body including, a contacting portion formed with an internal shape that fits the support shaft; a through-axle-fork-use supporting body including, a contacting portion formed with an internal shape that fits the through axle; and a unit for removably mounting any of the supporting bodies on the right and left end portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: CAR MATE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Kisaka, Yasutaka Usuki, Hideaki Okano, Suguru Uejima
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Publication number: 20170001573Abstract: Provides a hitch carrier that is highly versatile for a bicycle that is loadable and that ensures stable loading of a bicycle. A hitch carrier for loading a bicycle including a frame that includes a top tube, a down tube, and a sheet tube, includes a first arm engaged with a first cradle including a supporting portion that supports the top tube, a second arm engaged with a second cradle including a supporting portion that supports the down tube, and a post supporting in a cantilever manner both the first arm and the second arm separated in a vertical direction. Fastening belts are disposed on the first cradle and the second cradle to fasten the top tube and the down tube, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: CAR MATE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyotaka INAGAKI, Wataru ISHIDA, Hideaki OKANO
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Patent number: 9538165Abstract: In one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes: a projecting portion which projects in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction a first beam having a disparity image component which forms an image having a disparity in the first direction; a first deflecting portion which deflects the first beam in the second direction in a first plane having an axis in the first direction and an axis in the second direction, and obtains a second beam; and a second deflecting portion which further deflects in the first plane the second beam in a same direction as the second direction in which the first deflecting portion deflects the first beam, obtains a third beam and projects the third beam.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinichi Tatsuta, Hideaki Okano, Hidefumi Takamine, Hiroshi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9459090Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical delay apparatus includes the following elements. The first retroreflector includes a first and a second reflection surface. The second retroreflector includes a third and a fourth reflection surface opposite to the first reflection surface. The third retroreflector includes a fifth and a sixth reflection surface opposite to the second reflection surface. The first driving mechanism moves the first retroreflector and a set of the second retroreflector and the third retroreflector relative to each other. The second retroreflector and the third retroreflector are misaligned with each other in a direction along a first line of intersection between the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideaki Okano, Shinichi Tatsuta, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hidefumi Takamine
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Publication number: 20160275677Abstract: According to an embodiment, a biological component estimating apparatus includes a first acquiring unit and a first estimating unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a scattering coefficient distribution image having each pixel specified with a scattering coefficient of a measurement target region of a biological body for light including a wavelength range in a near infrared range. The first estimating unit estimates an amount of change in a biological component based on the scattering coefficient distribution image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hideaki OKANO
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Publication number: 20160171997Abstract: According to an embodiment, a recording/reproducing apparatus includes a diffraction grating and a light-receiving element. The diffraction grating divides return light from the guide layer in accordance with areas. The areas include a first area and a second area that does not overlap the first area. The light-receiving element includes (i) a first detecting cell group which receives a zero-order beam to which astigmatism is imparted, (ii) a second detecting cell group which receives at least one of a positive and negative first-order beam, which passes the first area and made astigmatic, and (iii) a third detecting cell group which receives at least one of a positive and negative first-order beam, which passes the second area and made astigmatic.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hideaki OKANO, Kazuo WATABE, Akihito OGAWA, Takashi USUI
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Publication number: 20160003606Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical delay apparatus includes the following elements. The first retroreflector includes a first and a second reflection surface. The second retroreflector includes a third and a fourth reflection surface opposite to the first reflection surface. The third retroreflector includes a fifth and a sixth reflection surface opposite to the second reflection surface. The first driving mechanism moves the first retroreflector and a set of the second retroreflector and the third retroreflector relative to each other. The second retroreflector and the third retroreflector are misaligned with each other in a direction along a first line of intersection between the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Hideaki OKANO, Shinichi TATSUTA, Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Hidefumi TAKAMINE
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Patent number: 9195028Abstract: An optical element includes an effective diameter area that is centered on an optical axis and transmits an effective light beam, and a flange portion having, on a side surface around the effective diameter area, a slope that is not perpendicular to a direction of the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Nishimoto, Hideaki Okano, Takahiro Tomaru