Patents by Inventor Takanobu Osaka

Takanobu Osaka 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: 9348121
    Abstract: A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hibiki Tatsuno, Kiichiro Nishina, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Makoto Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 9158119
    Abstract: Disclosed is an enlargement optical system configured to form an image of an object at an enlargement side, including a lens system and a mirror system in order from a side of the object, the lens system including at least one lens, the mirror system including a first mirror and a second mirror in order from a side of the object, and the second mirror being an concave mirror, wherein an intermediate image conjugate to the object is formed at a side of the object with respect to the second mirror and the first mirror is held to be capable of adjusting a position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Nishina, Makoto Hirakawa, Hibiki Tatsuno, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka
  • Publication number: 20150234158
    Abstract: A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Hibiki TATSUNO, Kiichiro Nishina, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Makoto Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 9069238
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image displaying apparatus including an image displaying element configured to form an image to be projected and a projection optical system having a positive refractive power and configured to project the image to be projected onto a screen, wherein the projection optical system includes a lens optical system and a mirror optical system, the lens optical system including plural lens groups, the mirror optical system including a first mirror and a second mirror, the second mirror being a concave mirror, wherein an intermediate image of a pixel of the image displaying element is formed between the image displaying element and the second mirror, and wherein the first mirror is held to be capable of adjusting a position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Nishina, Makoto Hirakawa, Hibiki Tatsuno, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka
  • Patent number: 9046674
    Abstract: A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hibiki Tatsuno, Kiichiro Nishina, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Makoto Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 9039196
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus including a light source, an image displaying element configured to control exiting of incident light to display an image, an illumination optical system configured to illuminate the image displaying element with light exiting from the light source, and a projection optical system configured to project an image displayed on a display surface of the image displaying element, to provide an enlarged display. The projection optical system includes a lens optical system, a first mirror configured to reflect light transmitted through the lens optical system, and a second mirror configured to reflect light reflected from the first mirror toward the surface to be projected onto, and one of the mirrors is arranged at a position conjugate to the image displaying element, and wherein an optical surface of the one mirror is arranged to face vertically downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hirakawa, Hibiki Tatsuno, Takanobu Osaka, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Kiichiro Nishina
  • Publication number: 20150062696
    Abstract: A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hibiki TATSUNO, Kiichiro NISHINA, Yasuyuki SHIBAYAMA, Takanobu OSAKA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8922883
    Abstract: A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hibiki Tatsuno, Kiichiro Nishina, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Makoto Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 8901472
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus including a light source, a light condenser for condensing light to form a condensed light image, a light mixing element, a reflective image displaying element having plural micro-mirrors for changing an inclination angle of an individual micro-mirror between an on-state and an off-state, an illumination optical system including a condenser lens and a mirror for illumination, and a projection optical system for projecting reflected light from a micro-mirror being at an on-state among plural micro-mirrors constituting the reflective image displaying element, wherein the mirror for illumination is at a position nearest the reflective image displaying element on an optical path from the light mixing element to the reflective image displaying element and a reflection surface of this mirror for illumination is positioned at a side of the reflective image displaying element with respect to a projection lens system constituting a part of the projection optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Yoshio Kubo, Tetsuya Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20140268068
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a first reflector having a reflection face; a second reflector having a reflection face; a plurality of light sources; and a light condensing optical system to condense light emitted from the plurality of light sources. Light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources are reflected at a first reflection position on the reflection face of the first reflector, and then reflected at a second reflection position on the reflection face of the second reflector. The second reflection position is close to an optical axis of the light condensing optical system compared to the first reflection position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya TAKAHASHI, Takanobu OSAKA, Naoki NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro FUJITA, Takehiro NISHIMORI
  • Publication number: 20140268072
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a first reflector having a reflection face; a second reflector having a reflection face; a plurality of light sources; and a light condensing optical system disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector. Light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources are reflected at a first reflection position on the reflection face of the first reflector, and then reflected at a second reflection position on the reflection face of the second reflector. The second reflection position is close to an optical axis of the light condensing optical system compared to the first reflection position. The light condensing optical system is configured such that the light beam passes through the light condensing optical system at least two times when the light beams reflect between the first reflector and the second reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya TAKAHASHI, Takanobu OSAKA, Naoki NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro FUJITA, Takehiro NISHIMORI
  • Publication number: 20140126045
    Abstract: A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Hibiki TATSUNO, Kiichiro Nishina, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Makoto Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20140118818
    Abstract: Disclosed is an enlargement optical system configured to form an image of an object at an enlargement side, including a lens system and a mirror system in order from a side of the object, the lens system including at least one lens, the mirror system including a first mirror and a second mirror in order from a side of the object, and the second mirror being an concave mirror, wherein an intermediate image conjugate to the object is formed at a side of the object with respect to the second mirror and the first mirror is held to be capable of adjusting a position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Kiichiro Nishina, Makoto Hirakawa, Hibiki Tatsuno, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka
  • Publication number: 20130114053
    Abstract: An image display device includes an image display element, a light source, an illumination system, a projector system comprising a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups, and a mirror train including a curved mirror, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of the image display element, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the image display element by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Hibiki TATSUNO, Kiichiro Nishina, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Makoto Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20130107234
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image displaying apparatus including an image displaying element configured to form an image to be projected and a projection optical system having a positive refractive power and configured to project the image to be projected onto a screen, wherein the projection optical system includes a lens optical system and a mirror optical system, the lens optical system including plural lens groups, the mirror optical system including a first mirror and a second mirror, the second mirror being a concave mirror, wherein an intermediate image of a pixel of the image displaying element is formed between the image displaying element and the second mirror, and wherein the first mirror is held to be capable of adjusting a position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Kiichiro NISHINA, Makoto Hirakawa, Hibiki Tatsuno, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka
  • Publication number: 20130107166
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image displaying apparatus comprising an illumination optical system, an image displaying element configured to be illuminated by the illumination optical system, a projection optical system configured to project light from the image displaying element onto a screen, and a dust-proof member provided between the screen and the projection optical system, wherein the projection optical system includes a projection lens composed of plural lenses and a mirror configured to reflect reflection light emitted through the projection lens toward the screen, and wherein the dust-proof member is configured to mitigate an irregularity in an illuminance distribution of reflection light to be projected onto the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Takanobu OSAKA, Hibiki TATSUNO, Yasuyuki SHIBAYAMA, Kiichiro NISHINA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130107233
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus including a light source, an image displaying element configured to control exiting of incident light to display an image, an illumination optical system configured to illuminate the image displaying element with light exiting from the light source, and a projection optical system configured to project an image displayed on a display surface of the image displaying element, to provide an enlarged display. The projection optical system includes a lens optical system, a first mirror configured to reflect light transmitted through the lens optical system, and a second mirror configured to reflect light reflected from the first mirror toward the surface to be projected onto, and one of the mirrors is arranged at a position conjugate to the image displaying element, and wherein an optical surface of the one mirror is arranged to face vertically downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Makoto Hirakawa, Hibiki Tatsuno, Takanobu Osaka, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Kiichiro Nishina
  • Publication number: 20130044294
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus including a light source, a light condenser for condensing light to form a condensed light image, a light mixing element, a reflective image displaying element having plural micro-mirrors for changing an inclination angle of an individual micro-mirror between an on-state and an off-state, an illumination optical system including a condenser lens and a mirror for illumination, and a projection optical system for projecting reflected light from a micro-mirror being at an on-state among plural micro-mirrors constituting the reflective image displaying element, wherein the mirror for illumination is at a position nearest the reflective image displaying element on an optical path from the light mixing element to the reflective image displaying element and a reflection surface of this mirror for illumination is positioned at a side of the reflective image displaying element with respect to a projection lens system constituting a part of the projection optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shibayama, Takanobu Osaka, Yoshio Kubo, Tetsuya Fujioka
  • Patent number: 8162485
    Abstract: An image projection device performing pixel shift in synchronization with sequential updating of image data is disclosed that is able to start and stop pixel shift operations within a period of updating the image frames while maintaining brightness of the image. The image projection device has an intermediate image formation optical system including a light valve able to update an image frame in a line-sequential manner, a pixel shift unit to shift the light path of a light beam from the light valve so as to shift a position of an image formed on the light valve, and an intermediate image formation unit arranged on the light path between the light valve and the pixel shift unit for forming an intermediate image of the image on the light valve at a position of the pixel shift unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takaura, Takanobu Osaka, Yasuyuki Takiguchi, Toshiaki Tokita, Kazuhiro Fujita, Kazuya Miyagaki, Hiroyuki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7929071
    Abstract: A disclosed electric field generating device includes an electric field generating unit including a substrate, line electrodes, and an electric field generating resistor and configured to generate an electric field. In the disclosed electric field generating device, the line electrodes are formed on at least one side of the substrate in parallel with each other so as to divide the side of the substrate into multiple sections; the electric field generating resistor is shaped like a strip and positioned so as to touch a part of each of the line electrodes; and some of the line electrodes have connectors for electric connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiko Hirano, Toshiaki Tokita, Koh Fujimura, Yumi Matsuki, Toshimichi Hagiya, Takanobu Osaka, Masanori Kobayashi, Yohei Takano