Patents by Inventor Shunji Kamijima

Shunji Kamijima 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: 20100020289
    Abstract: A projector includes: light emitting devices provided in correspondence with pixels that form an image displayed on an illuminated surface, each of the light emitting devices emitting light modulated in accordance with an image signal; and shaping optical elements provided in correspondence with the light emitting devices, each of the shaping optical elements shaping the region illuminated with the light emitted from the corresponding light emitting device, wherein the shaping optical elements form a shaped light region in a position on the light path between the shaping optical elements and the illuminated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji KAMIJIMA
  • Patent number: 7651822
    Abstract: A gray scale mask having distribution of light transmittance determined for the purpose of exposing a resist layer with a predetermined pattern, wherein the distribution of the light transmittance is determined so that the resist layer having been exposed in accordance with a first resist shape would be used to form a second resist shape with an aspect ratio higher than the aspect ratio of the first resist shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Mizusako, Shunji Kamijima
  • Patent number: 7616671
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light source for emitting a laser beam, a power supply drive circuit for pulse-driving the laser beam, a wavelength conversion element for converting a wavelength of a laser beam into a predetermined wavelength, a photodetector for detecting an intensity of the laser beam emitted from the wavelength conversion element, and a control section that controls a drive condition of the laser beam emitted from the wavelength conversion element based on the intensity detected by the photodetector, wherein the control section includes an optimization setting section that, in response to the intensity of the photodetector in a present pulse drive condition being outside a predetermined range, controls a drive condition of the laser beam to extract an optimum pulse drive condition, and sets the extracted optimum pulse drive condition to the drive condition of the laser beam instead of the present pulse drive condition, and the optimization setting section, in extracting the optimum drive
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20090252185
    Abstract: A laser light source device includes: a light source; an external resonator; a wavelength conversion element converting the wavelength of part of incident light having the first wavelength into the second wavelength which is different from the first wavelength; and an optical-path conversion element causing the light that has been converted into light of the second wavelength in the process of traveling to the light source due to reflection from the external resonator to be separated into a second optical-path different from the first optical-path, and emitting a second laser light of the second wavelength. In the laser light source device, and the height of the wavelength conversion element is greater than a distance between an optical-axis of the first laser light on an end face of the wavelength conversion element which is close to the external resonator and an optical-axis of the second laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Kamijima, Keiko Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20090243494
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of light emission units which emit light; a scattering unit which scatters at least a part of light received from the plural light emission units; a light detecting unit which detects a part of light emitted from the plural light emission units and scattered by the scattering unit; and a control unit which controls the plural light emission units based on detection result from the light detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji KAMIJIMA, Kiyoto SUDO
  • Patent number: 7561604
    Abstract: A laser light source device includes: a light source; an external resonator, a wavelength conversion element converting the wavelength of part of incident light having the first wavelength into the second wavelength which is different from the first wavelength; and an optical-path conversion element causing the light that has been converted into light of the second wavelength in the process of traveling to the light source due to reflection from the external resonator to be separated into a second optical-path different from the first optical-path, and emitting a second laser light of the second wavelength. In the laser light source device, and the height of the wavelength conversion element is greater than a distance between an optical-axis of the first laser light on an end face of the wavelength conversion element which is close to the external resonator and an optical-axis of the second laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Kamijima, Keiko Kumagai
  • Patent number: 7557994
    Abstract: An optical device includes a refracting surface refracting light, a flat surface transmitting light, and a prism group including prism elements having at least the refracting surface. Here, the prism elements are arranged with a plurality of pitches therebetween on a straight line parallel to a reference surface on which the prism elements are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20090141252
    Abstract: A projector that projects video light corresponding to an image signal onto a display surface includes: a light source device that emits light; a housing that houses at least the light source device; a projection lens, that is, an optical element that transmits the video light projected onto the display surface and emits the video light toword the outside of the housing; a detecting unit that detects detection light supplied to the optical element; and a control unit that adjusts a light amount of the video light on the basis of a result of the detection by the detecting unit. The projector is set such that, when the optical element is in a normal setting state, the light amount density of the video light is equal to or lower than a predetermined value on an emission surface for emitting the video light of the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji KAMIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20090122531
    Abstract: A multi-wavelength light source device includes three light source devices. The light source device includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and a dispersing section making wavelengths of light beams emitted from the respective light emitting elements different from each other, a spectral line width of the emitted light beam in each of the light source devices is equal to or greater than 0.2 nm, a wavelength of the red light beam in the light source device for emitting the red light beam is greater than 612 nm, a wavelength of the green light beam in the light source device for emitting the green light beam is greater than 525 nm and smaller than 538 nm, and a wavelength of the blue light beam in the light source device for emitting the blue light beam is greater than 465 nm and smaller than 468 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumika SUMIYAMA, Shunji KAMIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20090059601
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a light source which emits light; an optical member through which light emitted from the light source enters; a base on which the light source is mounted; a first holding member which fixes the optical member; and a second holding member which holds the first holding member and stands on the base in the emission direction of the light emitted from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji KAMIJIMA
  • Patent number: 7492506
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a wavelength converting element, light source device, lighting device, monitoring device, and projector. In one example, a wavelength converting element comprises a polarization-inverted crystal including polarization-inverted layers having an inverted polarization direction and being disposed in parallel in a particular direction. The polarization-inverted layers are disposed substantially parallel with a first plane which is substantially orthogonal to the particular direction. Temperature controlling elements are configured to control a temperature of the polarization-inverted crystal, the temperature controlling elements being disposed on a second plane substantially orthogonal to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20090040474
    Abstract: An image display device includes a lighting section including a light source, a light modulation section that modulates light emitted from the lighting section in accordance with an image signal to form an image, and a scintillation reduction section that reduces the scintillation caused by the light emitted from the lighting section, and the scintillation reduction section reduces the scintillation so that a plurality of areas having different extents of reduction of the scintillation from each other is formed in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20090033884
    Abstract: A projector that includes a laser beam source that outputs a laser beam that is modulated based on an image signal and a screen on which the light beam is projected. The projector also includes a scanning unit that scans the laser beam within a predetermined surface and a scan monitoring unit that monitors scanning of the scanning unit and outputs a result of the monitoring. The projector further includes a beam light supply stopping unit that controls the laser beam source so as to stop output of the laser beam based on the result of monitoring output by the scan monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Daisuke Uchikawa, Shunji Kamijima, Takashi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20090027765
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a wavelength converting element, light source device, lighting device, monitoring device, and projector. In one example, a wavelength converting element comprises a polarization-inverted crystal including polarization-inverted layers having an inverted polarization direction and being disposed in parallel in a particular direction. The polarization-inverted layers are disposed substantially parallel with a first plane which is substantially orthogonal to the particular direction. Temperature controlling elements are configured to control a temperature of the polarization-inverted crystal, the temperature controlling elements being disposed on a second plane substantially orthogonal to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20090010001
    Abstract: A laser light source device includes: a light source; an external resonator, a wavelength conversion element converting the wavelength of part of incident light having the first wavelength into the second wavelength which is different from the first wavelength; and an optical-path conversion element causing the light that has been converted into light of the second wavelength in the process of traveling to the light source due to reflection from the external resonator to be separated into a second optical-path different from the first optical-path, and emitting a second laser light of the second wavelength. In the laser light source device, and the height of the wavelength conversion element is greater than a distance between an optical-axis of the first laser light on an end face of the wavelength conversion element which is close to the external resonator and an optical-axis of the second laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Kamijima, Keiko Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20080259436
    Abstract: A laser light source device includes: a light source; an external resonator constituting a resonator structure with the light source; a wavelength conversion element disposed between the light source and the external resonator, and converting the wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; and a first spacing member maintaining a state in which at least the wavelength conversion element is separated from the external resonator by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20080259975
    Abstract: A light source includes a light source unit which supplies first wavelength light, a wavelength converting unit which converts the first wavelength light into second wavelength light different from the first wavelength light, and a leakage preventing unit which prevents leakage of the first wavelength light out of the light source. The area where the light source unit and the wavelength converting unit are disposed is optically separated from the area where the leakage preventing unit is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Patent number: 7419271
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a manufacturing method for fine structure elements having a first flat portion forming step of forming an upper flat surface serving as a first flat portion on a substrate with a flat cutting tool serving as a cutting section a second flat portion forming step of cutting the upper flat surface serving as the first flat portion by a predetermined depth and forming a lower flat portion serving as a second flat portion with the flat cutting tool serving as the cutting section, a refractive surface forming step of forming a slope serving as a refractive surface having a predetermined angle with respect to the lower flat surface serving as the second flat portion by the flat cutting tool serving as the cutting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20080175286
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light source for emitting a laser beam, a power supply drive circuit for pulse-driving the laser beam, a wavelength conversion element for converting a wavelength of a laser beam into a predetermined wavelength, a photodetector for detecting an intensity of the laser beam emitted from the wavelength conversion element, and a control section that controls a drive condition of the laser beam emitted from the wavelength conversion element based on the intensity detected by the photodetector, wherein the control section includes an optimization setting section that, in response to the intensity of the photodetector in a present pulse drive condition being outside a predetermined range, controls a drive condition of the laser beam to extract an optimum pulse drive condition, and sets the extracted optimum pulse drive condition to the drive condition of the laser beam instead of the present pulse drive condition, and the optimization setting section, in extracting the optimum drive
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji KAMIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20080174873
    Abstract: A wavelength selective element includes: a base member; light selective regions formed in the base member, in which a predetermined selective wavelength is selected from the laser light emitted from a plurality of light emission elements that emit the laser light; and interference regions, each of which is provided in one of the light selective regions, each of which includes interference fringes having streaks, and including at least a first interference region and a second interference region in which a first distance between streaks of the interference fringes of the first interference region is different from a second distance between streaks of the interference fringes of the second interference region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Shunji Kamijima