Patents by Inventor Kiyotada HOSOKAWA

Kiyotada HOSOKAWA 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: 11920921
    Abstract: An orientation characteristic measurement system (1) includes an irradiation optical system (5), a detection optical system (11), a light detector (13), a rotation mechanism (9) changing an angle (?) between a surface of the sample and an optical axis (L2) of the detection optical system (11), and a computer (15), and the computer (15) includes a rotation mechanism control unit (32) controlling the rotation mechanism (9), a distribution acquisition unit (34) normalizing an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity to acquire an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity, an area specifying unit (35) specifying light intensity in a maximum area on the basis of the angle-dependent distribution of the light intensity, and a parameter calculation unit (36) calculating the orientation parameter (S) on the basis of a linear relationship determined using the film thickness and refractive index of the sample and the light intensity in the maximum area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Kiyotada Hosokawa, Shigeru Eura
  • Publication number: 20220057197
    Abstract: An orientation characteristic measurement system (1) includes an irradiation optical system (5), a detection optical system (11), a light detector (13), a rotation mechanism (9) changing an angle (?) between a surface of the sample and an optical axis (L2) of the detection optical system (11), and a computer (15), and the computer (15) includes a rotation mechanism control unit (32) controlling the rotation mechanism (9), a distribution acquisition unit (34) normalizing an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity to acquire an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity, an area specifying unit (35) specifying light intensity in a maximum area on the basis of the angle-dependent distribution of the light intensity, and a parameter calculation unit (36) calculating the orientation parameter (S) on the basis of a linear relationship determined using the film thickness and refractive index of the sample and the light intensity in the maximum area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Kiyotada HOSOKAWA, Shigeru EURA
  • Patent number: 11243073
    Abstract: An orientation characteristic measurement system includes an irradiation optical system, a detection optical system, a light detector, a rotation mechanism changing an angle (?) between a surface of the sample and an optical axis (L2) of the detection optical system, and a computer, and the computer includes a rotation mechanism control unit controlling the rotation mechanism, a distribution acquisition unit normalizing an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity to acquire an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity, an area specifying unit specifying light intensity in a maximum area on the basis of the angle-dependent distribution of the light intensity, and a parameter calculation unit calculating the orientation parameter (S) on the basis of a linear relationship determined using the film thickness and refractive index of the sample and the light intensity in the maximum area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Kiyotada Hosokawa, Shigeru Eura
  • Publication number: 20200088514
    Abstract: An orientation characteristic measurement system (1) includes an irradiation optical system (5), a detection optical system (11), a light detector (13), a rotation mechanism (9) changing an angle (4) between a surface of the sample and an optical axis (L2) of the detection optical system (11), and a computer (15), and the computer (15) includes a rotation mechanism control unit (32) controlling the rotation mechanism (9), a distribution acquisition unit (34) normalizing an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity to acquire an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity, an area specifying unit (35) specifying light intensity in a maximum area on the basis of the angle-dependent distribution of the light intensity, and a parameter calculation unit (36) calculating the orientation parameter (S) on the basis of a linear relationship determined using the film thickness and refractive index of the sample and the light intensity in the maximum area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Kiyotada HOSOKAWA, Shigeru EURA