Patents by Inventor Toru Inomoto

Toru Inomoto 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: 6307210
    Abstract: An inspection object imaging device, which images a plurality of objects to be inspected that are located at different imaging distances from imaging means, in which a light transmitting optical member which has a predetermined refractive index and a thickness and which absorbs the differences of the imaging distances is provided in an optical path between the objects to be inspected and the imaging means. When the objects whose optical path lengths from the imaging means are different are imaged by one imaging means, all the objects can be focused simultaneously, so that the time required for the imaging can be reduced and, further, a high quality image can be obtained over the whole imaged region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Cognex Technology and Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Nakakoji, Toru Inomoto, Kazuyuki Kimura, Masashi Higashi