Patents by Inventor Junji Higuchi

Junji Higuchi 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: 11099127
    Abstract: A nondestructive measurement apparatus includes a casing including a grip portion capable of being held in hand and a measurement portion having a ring shaped abutting portion to be abutted to a measurement target such as fruit or vegetable; a light source group including a plurality of light sources arranged to be separated in a circumferential direction in an interior thereof; a ring lens arranged in a ring shape smaller than the abutting portion at an inner portion of the abutting portion, for emitting lights from the light source group to an external of the casing in a ring shape; and a light guide member having one end surface exposed to an inner side of the ring lens and another end surface positioned in the interior of the casing, for emitting lights incident from the one end surface to the external from the another end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ATAGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Amamiya, Masanosuke Tanaka, Tomohiro Kiire, Junji Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20190003963
    Abstract: A nondestructive measurement apparatus includes a casing including a grip portion capable of being held in hand and a measurement portion having a ring shaped abutting portion to be abutted to a measurement target such as fruit or vegetable; a light source group including a plurality of light sources arranged to be separated in a circumferential direction in an interior thereof; a ring lens arranged in a ring shape smaller than the abutting portion at an inner portion of the abutting portion, for emitting lights from the light source group to an external of the casing in a ring shape; and a light guide member having one end surface exposed to an inner side of the ring lens and another end surface positioned in the interior of the casing, for emitting lights incident from the one end surface to the external from the another end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: ATAGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki AMAMIYA, Masanosuke TANAKA, Tomohiro KIIRE, Junji HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: D796362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Atago Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Amamiya, Yoshinori Nakashima, Junji Higuchi