Patents by Inventor Yuichi Hatase
Yuichi Hatase 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: 11659981Abstract: A front end of an endoscope includes both a lens and an image sensor. There is provided a guide wire hole. The endoscope is easily inserted along a guide wire while a diameter is reduced in the front end in an insertion direction. The endoscope includes a lens which is disposed in the front end in the insertion direction, and receives incident imaging light, an image sensor disposed in a rear portion of the lens, and on which an image of the imaging light is formed, a holder which covers the lens and the image sensor, and having the guide wire hole through which the guide wire penetrates, and a flexible tubular sheath connected to a rear end portion of the holder, and into which a cable conductively connected to the image sensor is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Hatase, Naoyuki Haraguchi
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Patent number: 11632490Abstract: A camera module is provided with: an imaging element which is formed in a rectangular shape and has a plurality of pads provided to a back surface opposite from an imaging surface; a substrate where, on the same plane, a plurality of linear conductors are lined up in parallel and have an insulating coating in a rectangular shape such that the side of one end and the other end in the direction of extension of the conductors is shorter than one side of the imaging element, the conductors at the one end and the other end being exposed at a plate surface front and/or back; and a low-melting-point electroconductive material for connecting, to each of the pads, the conductors of the one end that are exposed due to one end surface of the substrate being abutted against the back surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kubara, Yosuke Kawauchi, Yuichi Hatase
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Patent number: 11517185Abstract: An objective is to achieve an endoscope in which a distal part of an insertion unit has a reduced diameter, yet the endoscope has good pushability so that buckling at the distal part can be avoided. This endoscope is provided with: an imaging unit having a lens and an imaging element; a resin tube which extends from the imaging unit to the proximal side opposite the distal side, and through which a cable conductively connected to the imaging element is inserted; and an elastic wire which has a distal end disposed outwardly of the imaging element, is inserted in and extends through the resin tube, and has flexibility and bending stiffness.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Hatase, Naoyuki Haraguchi
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Publication number: 20210344825Abstract: This camera module comprises: an imaging element which is formed in a rectangular shape and to which is provided a plurality of pads on the rear, which is the reverse side from the image capture surface; a wire positioning/fixing body which fixes together a plurality of parallel wires extending in a direction approximately perpendicular to the rear surface, and has each of the conductors of the wires protrude from the opposing end surface which is parallel to the rear surface in accordance with to each of the pads; and electro-conductive materials which conduct electricity from the tip of the conductors to each of the plurality of pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi KUBARA, Yosuke KAWAUCHI, Yuichi HATASE
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Publication number: 20210223535Abstract: An endoscope includes a lens, an imaging element, an element cover glass configured to cover an imaging surface of the imaging element, a lighting member, and a light-shielding member disposed between the lens and the lighting member. The lens has a quadrangular outer shape in a direction perpendicular to a direction along a center axis of the lens. The imaging element has a quadrangular outer shape in the direction perpendicular to the direction along the center axis of the lens. The lighting member is disposed outside a side of the lens and extends in the direction along the center axis of the lens. The light-shielding member extends in the direction along the center axis of the lens from an insertion tip surface in a tip portion of the endoscope to the imaging surface of the imaging element. The lens is attached to the element cover glass via an adhesive resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Yuichi HATASE, Naoyuki HARAGUCHI, Satoru MIYANISHI, Takafumi SANADA
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Patent number: 10996456Abstract: A lens having a quadrangular outer shape in a direction perpendicular to its center, an imaging element having a quadrangular outer shape in the direction perpendicular to the center axis, an element cover glass covering an imaging surface of the imaging element, a light guide placed outside at least one side of the lens and extending along the center axis, and a cylinder holder disposed between the lens and the light guide are disposed in a tip portion of an endoscope.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Hatase, Naoyuki Haraguchi, Satoru Miyanishi, Takafumi Sanada
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Publication number: 20210052139Abstract: An objective is to achieve an endoscope in which a distal part of an insertion unit has a reduced diameter, yet the endoscope has good pushability so that buckling at the distal part can be avoided. This endoscope is provided with: an imaging unit having a lens and an imaging element; a resin tube which extends from the imaging unit to the proximal side opposite the distal side, and through which a cable conductively connected to the imaging element is inserted; and an elastic wire which has a distal end disposed outwardly of the imaging element, is inserted in and extends through the resin tube, and has flexibility and bending stiffness.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi HATASE, Naoyuki HARAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210021740Abstract: A camera module is provided with: an imaging element which is formed in a rectangular shape and has a plurality of pads provided to a back surface opposite from an imaging surface; a substrate where, on the same plane, a plurality of linear conductors are lined up in parallel and have an insulating coating in a rectangular shape such that the side of one end and the other end in the direction of extension of the conductors is shorter than one side of the imaging element, the conductors at the one end and the other end being exposed at a plate surface front and/or back; and a low-melting-point electroconductive material for connecting, to each of the pads, the conductors of the one end that are exposed due to one end surface of the substrate being abutted against the back surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi KUBARA, Yosuke KAWAUCHI, Yuichi HATASE
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Patent number: 10890753Abstract: An endoscope includes a single lens that has a square exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has an square exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a sensor cover that has an exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the single lens, The single lens is a lens which is formed in a prismatic shape. The single lens has first surface on an imaging subject side that has a plane, and has second surface on an imaging side that has a convex surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Haraguchi, Takafumi Sanada, Yasuyuki Hanada, Yuichi Hatase
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Publication number: 20200201024Abstract: A lens having a quadrangular outer shape in a direction perpendicular to its center, an imaging element having a quadrangular outer shape in the direction perpendicular to the center axis, an element cover glass covering an imaging surface of the imaging element, a light guide placed outside at least one side of the lens and extending along the center axis, and a cylinder holder disposed between the lens and the light guide are disposed in a tip portion of an endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Yuichi HATASE, Naoyuki HARAGUCHI, Satoru MIYANISHI, Takafumi SANADA
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Patent number: 10613314Abstract: An oblique viewing endoscope has an aperture through which some rays out of rays reflected from an object in an oblique viewing direction pass, an imaging element that captures an image, based on image forming of the rays passing through the aperture, and a lens that is disposed between the aperture and the imaging element, and that has a lens surface on which the image is formed by causing some rays in at least a visual field center out of the rays passing through the aperture in the oblique viewing direction to be substantially vertically incident on a center of the imaging element.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi Sueyoshi, Yuichi Hatase
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Patent number: 10616485Abstract: A camera device includes an image sensor which images a subject, a lens unit that includes a lens for forming an image of the subject on a light receiving surface of the image sensor, a shaking corrector that includes a movable portion that includes the image sensor and moves the movable portion in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens unit according to shaking of the camera device to correct shaking, and a gravity support that supports the movable portion in a direction opposite to a direction of a component force of the gravity with a force equal to a component force of gravity applied to the movable portion along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jyouji Wada, Masaomi Iiizumi, Hideaki Yamada, Masamichi Ohara, Yuichi Hatase, Izumi Sato
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Patent number: 10578855Abstract: A lens having a quadrangular outer shape in a direction perpendicular to its center, an imaging element having a quadrangular outer shape in the direction perpendicular to the center axis, an element cover glass covering an imaging surface of the imaging element, a light guide placed outside at least one side of the lens and extending along the center axis, and a cylinder holder disposed between the lens and the light guide are disposed in a tip portion of an endoscope.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Hatase, Naoyuki Haraguchi, Satoru Miyanishi, Takafumi Sanada
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Patent number: 10555664Abstract: An endoscope has an imaging unit at a distal end portion of an insert section, and a relay board including an imaging signal converter that converts imaging signals output from the imaging unit is provided inside the insert section. Here, a data transmission method of an imaging signal transmitted at least in a section from the imaging unit to the relay board is a low-amplitude differential transmission method.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruhiko Kohno, Yuichi Hatase
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Publication number: 20200015664Abstract: A front end of an endoscope includes both a lens and an image sensor. There is provided a guide wire hole. The endoscope is easily inserted along a guide wire while a diameter is reduced in the front end in an insertion direction. The endoscope includes a lens which is disposed in the front end in the insertion direction, and receives incident imaging light, an image sensor disposed in a rear portion of the lens, and on which an image of the imaging light is formed, a holder which covers the lens and the image sensor, and having the guide wire hole through which the guide wire penetrates, and a flexible tubular sheath connected to a rear end portion of the holder, and into which a cable conductively connected to the image sensor is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Yuichi HATASE, Naoyuki HARAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190285868Abstract: An endoscope includes a single lens that has a square exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has an square exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a sensor cover that has an exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the single lens, The single lens is a lens which is formed in a prismatic shape. The single lens has first surface on an imaging subject side that has a plane, and has second surface on an imaging side that has a convex surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Naoyuki HARAGUCHI, Takafumi SANADA, Yasuyuki HANADA, Yuichi HATASE
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Patent number: 10359619Abstract: An endoscope includes a single lens that has a square exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has an square exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a sensor cover that has an exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the single lens, The single lens is a lens which is formed in a prismatic shape. The single lens has first surface on an imaging subject side that has a plane, and has second surface on an imaging side that has a convex surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoyuki Haraguchi, Takafumi Sanada, Yasuyuki Hanada, Yuichi Hatase
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Publication number: 20190142255Abstract: An endoscope has an imaging unit at a distal end portion of an insert section, and a relay board including an imaging signal converter that converts imaging signals output from the imaging unit is provided inside the insert section. Here, a data transmission method of an imaging signal transmitted at least in a section from the imaging unit to the relay board is a low-amplitude differential transmission method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Haruhiko Kohno, Yuichi Hatase
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Publication number: 20190086657Abstract: An oblique viewing endoscope has an aperture through which some rays out of rays reflected from an object in an oblique viewing direction pass, an imaging element that captures an image, based on image forming of the rays passing through the aperture, and a lens that is disposed between the aperture and the imaging element, and that has a lens surface on which the image is formed by causing some rays in at least a visual field center out of the rays passing through the aperture in the oblique viewing direction to be substantially vertically incident on a center of the imaging element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi SUEYOSHI, Yuichi HATASE
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Patent number: 10213097Abstract: An endoscope has an imaging unit at a distal end portion of an insert section, and a relay board including an imaging signal converter that converts imaging signals output from the imaging unit is provided inside the insert section. Here, a data transmission method of an imaging signal transmitted at least in a section from the imaging unit to the relay board is a low-amplitude differential transmission method.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruhiko Kohno, Yuichi Hatase