Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Oba

Toshihiro Oba 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: 20230014474
    Abstract: A light receiving device of the present disclosure includes an imaging section in which a pixel including a light receiving element is disposed, a read processing section that reads a pixel signal from the imaging section, a signal processing section that executes predetermined signal processing on the pixel signal read by the read processing section, and a system controller, and has a short distance mode that is freely settable. The system controller has a function of calculating, when the short distance mode is set, a distance to a distance measurement target with use of the pixel signal in a partial region within a pixel region of the imaging section, and a function of determining whether or not the distance calculated satisfies a detection condition that is set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: NOBUHARU SUZUKI, TOSHIHIRO OBA
  • Publication number: 20220146646
    Abstract: A light receiving apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a light receiving unit (3) that includes a light receiving element; a light emission control unit (105a) that issues a trigger for causing a light source to emit light; a receiving unit (1150) that receives, from a light source unit (2) that includes the light source, a feedback signal that is output in accordance with a light emission timing at which the light source emits the light; a delay acquiring unit (1160) that acquires delay time of a reception timing at which the feedback signal is received by the receiving unit is delayed relative to an issue timing at which the trigger is issued; and a representative value acquiring unit (1052) that acquires a representative value of a plurality of pieces of the delay time acquired by the delay acquiring unit in accordance with the issue of the triggers issued by the light emission control unit a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: TOSHIHIRO OBA
  • Patent number: 5194021
    Abstract: A connector which is particularly suitable for providing an interface between first and second environments, particularly where one of the environments is at an elevated temperature and/or pressure with respect to the other environment. The connector provides a reliable exit for a plurality of electrical wires, and includes a three layer laminate structure, with each of the layers formed of a resinous adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Toshihiro Oba, Mutsuo Kikuchi, Isamu Taka