Patents by Inventor Yasutake Kawashime

Yasutake Kawashime 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).

  • OPTICAL-INFORMATION-READING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120261474
    Abstract: An optical-information-reading apparatus includes an imaging optical system having a varifocal lens that adjusts a focal position, a solid-state image sensing device that images a code symbol, a ranging laser that measures a distance to the code symbol, and a decoder that calculates the distance to the code symbol using the ranging laser. The apparatus controls the varifocal lens based on calculated distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutake Kawashime, Yo Tanaka, Satoshi Komi