Patents by Inventor Takanori ARUGA

Takanori ARUGA 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: 10608151
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light emitting element and a light transmissive member having a light incident surface opposite to the light emitting element, and a light emitting surface. The light incident surface includes an inner region having a retroreflective lens portion and directly facing the light emitting element, and an outer region having a shape different from a shape of the retroreflective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Aruga
  • Publication number: 20190376842
    Abstract: A measurement device for a light-emitting device includes a light attenuator, a photometric sphere, and a light detector. The light attenuator includes a first surface and a heat dissipator. A first light that is emitted from the first light-emitting device is incident on the first surface. The first surface is configured to absorb a portion of the first light. The heat dissipator is configured to dissipate heat of the first surface. The photometric sphere has an inner surface to reflect the first light reflected by the first surface. The light detector is configured to receive at least a portion of the first light reflected by the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki ONOZUKA, Minoru KITAHARA, Naohide MIYASAKA, Naoki NAKAMURA, Takanori ARUGA, Shinobu ITO
  • Publication number: 20190372295
    Abstract: A light source module includes a light source configured to emit a first light beam, a first optical element having a first surface on which the first light beam is incident along a first direction, the first surface including a first region on which at least a portion of the first light beam is incident, and a second surface from which the first light beam is emitted, and a second optical element on which the first light beam having emitted from the first optical element is incident. The first light beam has a first width along a second direction and a second width along a third direction. The first width is greater than the second width. The first region has a protruding shape in a first cutting plane including the first and second directions, and has a recessed shape in a second cutting plane including the first and third directions. The second surface has a protruding shape in the first and second cutting planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori ARUGA
  • Patent number: 10480754
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: a laser light source; a cylindrical body disposed such that light emitted from the laser light source enters the cylindrical body at a first end portion side of the cylindrical body and passes through the cylindrical body; a reflector disposed so as to reflect light passing through the cylindrical body; and a ring assembly comprising a ring-shaped inner circumferential surface configured to reflect and propagate light from the reflector. The reflector includes: a first reflecting surface configured to reflect a first portion of light emitted from the laser light source, and a second reflecting surface configured to reflect a second portion of light emitted from the laser light source. The ring assembly further includes a fluorescent surface adapted to emit fluorescence by light reflected and propagated at the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Gomi, Takanori Aruga
  • Publication number: 20190334321
    Abstract: A light source module includes a light source and a first optical element. The light source is configured to emit first and second light beams. The first optical element has a first surface on which the first second light beam are to be incident. The first light beam and the second light beam are incident on the first surface along a first direction such that the first light beam is incident at a first position on the first surface and the second light beam is incident at a second position on the first surface. The first light beam has a first width in a second direction intersecting the first direction on the first surface, and a second width in a third direction intersecting a plane including the first direction and the second direction on the first surface. The first width is greater than the second width. The second light beam has a third width in the second direction on the first surface, and a fourth width in the third direction on the first surface. The third width is greater than the fourth width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Aruga
  • Patent number: 10411173
    Abstract: A light emitting device and light emitting module using the same are provided. The light emitting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting element provided on the substrate, and a light transmissive sealing member covering the light-emitting element on the substrate. The light transmissive sealing member includes a body portion and a lens portion that are sequentially disposed from a substrate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Aruga, Yoshiki Endo, Takuya Yamanoi, Daisuke Kishikawa, Yoshitaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10203085
    Abstract: A light source device includes a Fresnel lens having a light incidence surface and a light emission surface, and equipped with a light transmissive part and a light reflective part provided on an outside of the light transmissive part; and a light emitting element that is disposed opposite the light incidence surface of the Fresnel lens, and is disposed below the light transmissive part and part of the light reflective part on the light transmissive part side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Aruga
  • Publication number: 20180180254
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: a laser light source; a cylindrical body disposed such that light emitted from the laser light source enters the cylindrical body at a first end portion side of the cylindrical body and passes through the cylindrical body; a reflector disposed so as to reflect light passing through the cylindrical body; and a ring assembly comprising a ring-shaped inner circumferential surface configured to reflect and propagate light from the reflector. The reflector includes: a first reflecting surface configured to reflect a first portion of light emitted from the laser light source, and a second reflecting surface configured to reflect a second portion of light emitted from the laser light source. The ring assembly further includes a fluorescent surface adapted to emit fluorescence by light reflected and propagated at the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi GOMI, Takanori ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20170184275
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light emitting element and a light transmissive member having a light incident surface opposite to the light emitting element, and a light emitting surface. The light incident surface includes an inner region having a retroreflective lens portion and directly facing the light emitting element, and an outer region having a shape different from a shape of the retroreflective lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Takanori ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20160348874
    Abstract: A light source device includes a Fresnel lens having a light incidence surface and a light emission surface, and equipped with a light transmissive part and a light reflective part provided on an outside of the light transmissive part; and a light emitting element that is disposed opposite the light incidence surface of the Fresnel lens, and is disposed below the light transmissive part and part of the light reflective part on the light transmissive part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Takanori ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20160293813
    Abstract: A light emitting device and light emitting module using the same are provided. The light emitting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting element provided on the substrate, and a light transmissive sealing member covering the light-emitting element on the substrate. The light transmissive sealing member includes a body portion and a lens portion that are sequentially disposed from a substrate side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Takanori ARUGA, Yoshiki ENDO, Takuya YAMANOI, Daisuke KISHIKAWA, Yoshitaka TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20090296049
    Abstract: A projection display device includes a three-color LED source having a red LED, a green LED and a blue LED, a light pipe for making uniform illumination distribution of light emitted from the three-color LED source, an optical lens for making the light from the light pipe into parallel light, and a light modulation element for modulating the light from the optical lens. The optical lens includes a first toroidal lens element provided with a first entrance face on which the light whose angle with respect to an optical axis is a predetermined angle is incident to image the light, and a first exit face which emits the light incident from the first entrance face, and a second lens element provided with a second entrance face which is adjacently disposed to the first exit face in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicants: Chinontec Industries, Inc., Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu TERADAIRA, Kazuya HARIMOTO, Takanori ARUGA, Mitsuhiro MIYAUCHI