Patents by Inventor Jiro Mimasa

Jiro Mimasa 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).

  • Patent number: 7573800
    Abstract: An optical pickup and an optical disk apparatus of the invention includes a light source 1 mounted with a light-emitting element constituted of a monoblock on a surface of a plate 6 and emitting plural light beams, a light-receiving element 2, optical members 4, 5 and a coupling base 3 for coupling the light source 1, the light-receiving element 2 and the optical members 4, 5, wherein a light from the light source 1 is directed through the optical members 4, 5 toward an optical disk, and a returning light from the optical disk is guided through the optical members 4, 5 to the light-receiving element 2, characterized in that the plate 6 provided in the light source 1 and the coupling base 3 are adjoined by a solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Fukakusa, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Jiro Mimasa, Hiroshi Tanigawa, Hiroshi Kamei, Toshiharu Kimura, Mitsugu Adachi, Hiroshi Iwabuchi, Eiichiro Nakao
  • Publication number: 20060081761
    Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus, comprises: a light source in which a plurality of light emitting points having different wavelengths are provided; a light receiving unit, receiving light reflected from an optical disk to produce an electric signal; and an optical system, collecting light emitted from the respective light emitting points to the optical disk and conducting the light reflected from the optical disk to the light receiving unit; wherein the optical system includes a filter which converts the light emitted from the respective light emitting points into a predetermined optical intensity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanigawa, Eizo Ono, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshihiro Koga, Masaharu Fukakusa, Jiro Mimasa, Akihiro Imayoshi, Minoru Fujita, Takeshi Fujishima
  • Publication number: 20050169151
    Abstract: An optical pickup and an optical disk apparatus of the invention includes a light source 1 mounted with a light-emitting element constituted of a monoblock on a surface of a plate 6 and emitting plural light beams, a light-receiving element 2, optical members 4, 5 and a coupling base 3 for coupling the light source 1, the light-receiving element 2 and the optical members 4, 5, wherein a light from the light source 1 is directed through the optical members 4, 5 toward an optical disk, and a returning light from the optical disk is guided through the optical members 4, 5 to the light-receiving element 2, characterized in that the plate 6 provided in the light source 1 and the coupling base 3 are adjoined by a solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Fukakusa, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Jiro Mimasa, Hiroshi Tanigawa, Hiroshi Kamei, Toshiharu Kimura, Mitsugu Adachi, Hiroshi Iwabuchi, Eiichiro Nakao
  • Patent number: 5978344
    Abstract: In an optical pickup, light, emitted from a light-emitting element, is transmitted through a first beam splitter film with polarization selectivity, and a zero-order diffraction beam and two (.+-.) first order diffraction beams are produced. These beams are applied in a condensed manner to an optical disk through a condensing element, and the return light beam from the optical disk is fed to a photodetector through a second beam splitter film with polarization selectivity, thereby effecting the recording and reproduction of information, the tracking and the focusing. A diffusion angle conversion hologram is provided between the light-emitting element and the first beam splitter film, and with respect to the diffusion angle conversion hologram, the relation between the diffusion angle of the incident beam and the diffusion angle of the outgoing beam is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Horinouchi, Shigeki Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Higo, Hideki Yoshinaka, Toshihiro Koga, Jiro Mimasa, Hidehiro Kugisaki
  • Patent number: 5790502
    Abstract: In an optical pickup, light, emitted from a light-emitting element, is transmitted through a first beam splitter film with polarization selectivity, and a zero-order diffraction beam and two (.+-.) first order diffraction beams are produced. These beams are applied in a condensed manner to an optical disk through a condensing element, and the return light beam from the optical disk is fed to a photodetector through a second beam splitter film with polarization selectivity, thereby effecting the recording and reproduction of information, the tracking and the focusing. A diffusion angle conversion hologram is provided between the light-emitting element and the first beam splitter film, and with respect to the diffusion angle conversion hologram, the relation between the diffusion angle of the incident beam and the diffusion angle of the outgoing beam is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Horinouchi, Shigeki Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Higo, Hideki Yoshinaka, Toshihiro Koga, Jiro Mimasa, Hidehiro Kugisaki
  • Patent number: 5777975
    Abstract: A light source beam is incident on an optical guide block and converted in its diffusion angle by a diffusion angle conversion film on a second inclined portion of the optical guide block, and reflected by a reflecting film on a first inclined portion. Then, the light is incident on a first beam splitter film on the second inclined portion and split into transmitted light and reflected light. The reflected light is focused an optical disk light reflected from the disc passes through the first beam splitter film, and then is transmitted and reflected by a second beam splitter film on a third inclined portion. This transmitted light is incident on a polarization plane conversion plate between the third inclined portion and a fourth inclined portion, so that P and S polarization components and are transmitted through and reflected by its polarized light splitting portion, respectively. The S polarization component is reflected by its reflecting surface toward light-receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syogo Horinouchi, Shigeki Takeuchi, Hideki Yoshinaka, Toshihiro Koga, Kazuhiko Higo, Hidehiro Kugisaki, Fumiaki Beppu, Jiro Mimasa