Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Itoh
Tatsuo Itoh 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).
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Patent number: 9253475Abstract: A display device that displays an image, includes: a light source; an aperture stop array including a plurality of aperture stops; a lens array including a plurality of lenses which are disposed corresponding to the plurality of aperture stops respectively, and focus the light transmitted through the plurality of aperture stops respectively; a deflecting unit deflecting a travelling direction of the focused light respectively; a spatial light modulator that is illuminated by the deflected light, and modulates the illumination light; a detector that detects an observer; and a controller that calculates a position of a pupil of the observer based on a detection result by the detector, calculates a relative position of the display device and the pupil of the observer based on the calculation result, and controls an aperture amount of the plurality of aperture stops and a deflecting amount of the deflecting unit based on this calculation result.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuo Itoh
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Patent number: 9188709Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical multiplexing apparatus and a projector that keep an optical system small, and easily adjust a number of light source units. The optical multiplexing apparatus has: a light source section that uses light source units to emit collimated beams; a first lens portion that converges the collimated beams which enter at different incident angles from each other to define converging positions; and a second lens portion that has focal points that correspond to the converging positions, respectively, wherein the first and second lens portions form an optical reduction system, and an optical axis of the second lens portion, which is directed to the corresponding focal point to one of the converging positions, extends along another optical axis of the second lens position, which is directed to the corresponding focal point to another of the converging positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Itoh, Tetsuro Mizushima
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Publication number: 20150233598Abstract: A sensor mounting device (100) of the present disclosure includes: a power supply unit (110) configured to generate power that is to be supplied to the device; a sensor (120) configured to acquire information of the environment around of the device; a first control unit (130) configured to give an instruction based on the information acquired by the sensor (120); and a second control unit (150) configured to control the device in accordance with the instruction of the first control unit (130). Power to the sensor (120) and the first control unit (130) is directly supplied from the power supply unit (110). Power to the second control unit (150) is supplied from the power supply unit (110) via a switching unit (140) whose ON/OFF state is controlled by the first control unit (130).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Shinichi Shikii, Koichi Kusukame, Nawatt Silawan, Tatsuo Itoh
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Publication number: 20150211928Abstract: A light radiating portion (11a, 11b, 12, 51, 52) radiates light with wavelength ?1 having predetermined absorptivity for an object (16) and light with wavelength ?2 having smaller absorptivity for the object (16) than the wavelength ?1, to a target, so as to scan in 2-dimensional directions. A light receiving portion (17) receives scattered lights reflected by the target based on light with wavelength ?1 and light with wavelength ?2. A measuring portion (18) generates information used for detection of the object (16) at the target, based on difference between the two scattered lights with wavelength ?1 and wavelength ?2 received by the light receiving portion (17). An output portion (53) outputs whether or not the object is present at the target, by 2-dimensional area information, based on scanning by the light radiating portion (11a, 11b, 12, 51, 52) and information generated by the measuring portion (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., LtInventors: Tatsuo Itoh, Koichi Kusukame, Aki Yoneda
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Publication number: 20150204556Abstract: A thermal image sensor including: a plurality of infrared detector elements that detect infrared light in a detection area; and rotors that scan the detection area in a scanning direction to detect, with the plurality of infrared detector elements, infrared light in an area to be captured as a single thermal image. The plurality of infrared detector elements include infrared detector elements arranged in mutually different positions in a rotational direction corresponding to the scanning direction of the plurality of infrared detector elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Koichi Kusukame, Shinichi Shikii, Nawatt Silawan, Tatsuo Itoh, Kazuki Funase, Aki Yoneda
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Publication number: 20150192466Abstract: A component measuring apparatus includes a plurality of light sources having different wavelengths, an irradiation unit that applies lights emitted from the plural light sources to a measurement object, a light receiving unit that receives at least one of light having transmitted through the measurement object and light having been scattered from the measurement object, and a measuring unit that measures intensity of the light received by the light receiving unit per wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: KOICHI KUSUKAME, TATSUO ITOH, KAZUKI FUNASE
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Publication number: 20150168219Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus includes: an infrared measuring unit; a guide light emitting unit; an optical unit that (i) allows the guide light emitted by the guide light emitting unit to travel toward the object, and (ii) allows the infrared radiation radiated from the object to enter the infrared measuring unit; a position adjusting unit that makes a position adjustment of irradiating the measurement target region with the guide light emitted by the guide light emitting unit while keeping within a predetermined range a misalignment between an optical axis of the infrared radiation entering the infrared measuring unit from the measurement target region and an optical axis of the guide light emitted by the guide light emitting unit; and a focusing unit that adjusts a focus of the infrared measuring unit and a focus of the guide light emitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Tatsuo Itoh, Shinichi Shikii, Koichi Kusukame
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Patent number: 9048611Abstract: The present application discloses a wavelength conversion device. The wavelength conversion device includes a light source for generating excitation light, a laser medium for generating fundamental light from the excitation light, a resonator mirror for forming a resonator for the fundamental light in cooperation with the laser medium, and a wavelength convertor for converting wavelength from the fundamental light into harmonic light. The wavelength convertor includes a first end surface inclined by an angle ? from a surface orthogonal to an optical axis of the resonator and a second end surface parallel to the first end surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Tetsuro Mizushima, Tatsuo Itoh, Hirohiko Oowaki, Tomohiro Matsuo
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Patent number: 8976203Abstract: A wavelength conversion device includes an excitation light source that generates excitation light, a laser medium that generates fundamental light by means of the excitation light, two resonator mirrors that are disposed with the laser medium being interposed therebetween and resonate the fundamental light, a wavelength conversion element that is disposed between the two resonator mirrors and wavelength-converts the fundamental light to harmonic light, and a drive unit that generates a pulse modulation signal to pulse-drive the excitation light source. The laser medium is formed of a material having a thermo-optical effect and a positive thermo-optical constant. The pulse modulation signal generated by the drive unit has an initial interval including a rising edge of a pulse and a remaining interval subsequent to the initial interval. An average signal intensity during the initial interval is higher than an average signal intensity during the remaining interval.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Tetsuro Mizushima, Tatsuo Itoh, Hiroyuki Furuya
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Patent number: 8955980Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a laser light source for outputting a laser beam; a diffusion optical element for diffusing the laser beam; a drive unit for oscillating the diffusion optical element; and an image conversion unit for converting the laser beam output from the diffusion optical element into an image. The diffusion optical element disposed in the drive unit is oscillated and operated in a state where an amplitude of the drive of the drive unit, which is, for example, an amplitude that is driven in a direction of the arrow X in a plane that is perpendicular to an optical axis, is not constant.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenji Nakayama, Tetsuro Mizushima, Tatsuo Itoh, Hiroyuki Furuya
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Patent number: 8807756Abstract: A laser projector includes a laser light source; a two-dimensional light modulator which modulates light from the laser light source; and a projection optical system which projects images onto a display plane by expanding the light modulated by the two-dimensional light modulator. Shift of a display position of the two-dimensional light modulation element and shift of the projection optical system are performed in synchronization with each other so that display positions of the images on the display plane are made substantially identical to each other. Thereby, speckle noise is sufficiently removed, and high-grade images are displayed.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Mizushima, Tatsuo Itoh, Akira Koruzuka, Kazuhisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8801189Abstract: There is provided a laser projector, including: a laser source section for emitting laser beams; a spatial light modulator which modulates the laser beams to generate image light; a projector lens from which the image light is emitted; a beam shaper which shapes the laser beams into a shape of the spatial light modulator; and a pupil uniformizer which makes a light intensity distribution uniform at an exit pupil of the projector lens, wherein the pupil uniformizer is situated between the laser source section and the beam shaper.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Mizushima, Tatsuo Itoh, Kenichi Kasazumi, Kenji Nakayama
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Patent number: 8804247Abstract: A transmissive display device includes: a light source which outputs light; a display part which receives the light from the light source and generates display light representing an image; a deflecting element which changes a direction of the display light emitted from the display part; and a transmissive reflector which reflects, towards a user, light of a wavelength included in the display light emitted from the display part, and transmits light of other wavelengths. An angle formed by a straight line, which extends between an upper edge of an incident area of the display light on the transmissive reflector and a lower portion of an eyebox which is defined as a visible range of the reflected light from the transmissive reflector, with respect to a horizontal line is smaller than a difference between an emission angle and an incident angle of the display light at the transmissive reflector.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiji Sugiyama, Kenichi Kasazumi, Kakuya Yamamoto, Akira Kurozuka, Tatsuo Itoh, Shinichi Shikii
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Patent number: 8801194Abstract: A projector for projecting an image light including: a laser light source for emitting a laser beam; a light modulator for modulating the laser beam to generate the image light; a projection portion for projecting the image light; a detector for detecting a fixation degree of the projector; and a controller for controlling the power of the image light on the basis of the fixation degree.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenji Nakayama, Tetsuro Mizushima, Tatsuo Itoh, Shinichi Kadowaki
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Publication number: 20140203987Abstract: A vertical split ring resonator antenna is disclosed, comprising a substrate having an upper surface and lower surface, an interdigitated capacitor coupled to the upper surface of the substrate and ground coupled to the lower surface. The interdigitated capacitor includes a first planar segment and a second planar segment, each having interdigitated fingers that are separated by a gap disposed between the first planar segment and second planar segment. The interdigitated capacitor is coupled to the substrate to form a vertical split ring resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Tatsuo Itoh, Yuandan Dong, Hiroshi Toyao
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Publication number: 20130329276Abstract: The present application discloses a wavelength conversion device. The wavelength conversion device includes a light source for generating excitation light, a laser medium for generating fundamental light from the excitation light, a resonator mirror for forming a resonator for the fundamental light in cooperation with the laser medium, and a wavelength convertor for converting wavelength from the fundamental light into harmonic light. The wavelength convertor includes a first end surface inclined by an angle ? from a surface orthogonal to an optical axis of the resonator and a second end surface parallel to the first end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Tetsuro Mizushima, Tatsuo Itoh, Hirohiko Oowaki, Tomohiro Matsuo
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Patent number: 8547618Abstract: A scanning type image display apparatus includes a light source unit for emitting a laser beam, a scanning mirror for scanning the laser beam two-dimensionally in a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a control unit for controlling driving of the scanning mirror. The control unit drives the scanning mirror such that a scanning frequency in the first direction is higher than a scanning frequency in the second direction, and varies a scanning amplitude in the first direction by varying the scanning frequency in the first direction in synchronization with a period of the scanning frequency in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiji Sugiyama, Kakuya Yamamoto, Tatsuo Itoh, Kenichi Kasazumi, Akira Kurozuka
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Publication number: 20130172741Abstract: An analysis apparatus which analyses a state of a specimen and includes: a temperature adjustment unit which lowers a temperature of the specimen by cooling the specimen; a light source which heats at least a part of the specimen cooled by the temperature adjustment unit, by illuminating the specimen with light; a first temperature measurement unit which measures a temperature change of the specimen caused by the heating by the light source; and an analysis unit which analyzes the state of the specimen based on the temperature change of the specimen. For example, the first temperature measurement unit has an ultrasonic probe which transmits an ultrasonic pulse to the specimen and receives a reflected wave that is the ultrasonic pulse reflected from the specimen, and measures the temperature of the specimen based on a signal of the reflected wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: Koichi Kusukame, Tatsuo Itoh, Hiromichi Horinaka
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Patent number: 8456588Abstract: An LCD backlight has a light source that emits a laser light, a lens, a mirror, a rotary polygon mirror, a scanning lens and a return mirror constituting a transforming optical system that transforms the laser light from the light source to a linear light. A light guiding plate allows the linear light to enter and emits two-dimensional light in the horizontal direction. An emission end face of the light source is disposed in a rear face side of the light guiding plate so that a surface normal line thereof is in the horizontal direction or is inclined downward from the horizontal direction. The lens, mirror and scanning lens are disposed in the rear face side of the light guiding plate, so that surface normal lines of the light transmission surface and light reflection surface thereof are all in the horizontal direction or are inclined downward from the horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shinichi Shikii, Shinichi Kadowaki, Tatsuo Itoh, Takayuki Nagata, Kazuhisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8432353Abstract: An information display device (10) includes a light source (11), a light guide plate (13) to which light from the light source (11) enters from a side surface and from which the light exits from one principal surface, and a liquid crystal panel (16) disposed adjacently to the light guide plate (13). Outside light is injected into the light guide plate (13) from an opposing surface opposing the one principal surface. The light guide plate (13) includes a light control mirror (19) electrically switchable to transmit light and to reflect light. At least one of the light from the light source (11) and the outside light exits from the one principal surface of the light guide plate (13). The light passes through the liquid crystal panel (16) and a character or an image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takayuki Nagata, Tatsuo Itoh, Kazuhisa Yamamoto