Patents Assigned to Canon Components, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11774606
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detector is provided. The electromagnetic wave detector comprises: a base; a sensor element arranged on a principal surface of the base and configured to convert, into an electrical signal, light emitted from a scintillator which receives an electromagnetic wave; a lens portion arranged between the scintillator and the sensor element and configured to collect the light generated by the scintillator to the sensor element; a light transmissive portion arranged between the lens portion and the sensor element and configured to transmit the light generated by the scintillator; and a shielding portion including an inner wall located on a periphery of the sensor element and configured to shield the electromagnetic wave. The inner wall is arranged between the light transmissive portion and the principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Takehiro Nakamura, Ryouta Saruya
  • Patent number: 11483443
    Abstract: A light emitting unit is provided. The light emitting unit comprises a substrate, a light emitting element placed on a first surface of the substrate, a front panel covering the first surface, and a back panel placed on a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite to the first surface. An opening for extracting light emitted by the light emitting element is formed in the front panel, and the opening is formed to overlap a part of a light emitting surface of the light emitting element. The back panel has a thermal conductivity higher than that of the front panel, and includes a projecting portion that projects toward the first surface. The projecting portion is in contact with at least one of the first surface, the light emitting element, or the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Suga, Suguru Tashiro, Takeshi Sugiyama, Junichi Kato
  • Patent number: 10823348
    Abstract: There is provided with a lighting apparatus. An elongated first light emission unit and an elongated second light emission unit each extend in a longer side direction and a shorter side direction. The first light emission unit and the second light emission unit have respective end portions in the longer side direction that are connected to each other via a restricting mechanism having a shape that restricts relative movement of the first and second light emission units in the shorter side direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Junya Kinoshita, Junichi Kato
  • Patent number: 10821758
    Abstract: There is provided with an illumination device. The illumination device has a circuit board; a light source movable relative to the circuit board; a rod-like light guide that is configured to guide light from the light source and that is elongated in a longitudinal direction; and a flexible wiring configured to supply electricity from the circuit board to the light source. The light source is capable of moving in the longitudinal direction to reduce fluctuation in distance between the light source and a light receiving surface of the light guide when an end portion of the light guide in the longitudinal direction moves in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yoshida, Takeshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10536604
    Abstract: A line sensor apparatus comprises a rod lens array in which a plurality of rod lenses are arrayed in a first direction, a line sensor substrate including a line sensor which receives light from the rod lens array, a pair of inner supporting members configured to support the line sensor substrate, a transmitter substrate including a transmitter which transfers data based on the light detected by the line sensor, and an outer supporting member configured to support the pair of inner supporting members and the transmitter substrate, wherein the pair of inner supporting members are arranged on two side surfaces of the rod lens array in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hattori, Hiroyuki Murakami, Junichi Kato
  • Patent number: 10527780
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus, comprising a light source unit, a rod-shaped light guide configured to guide light from the light source unit and emit the light from a light emitting surface, a covering member configured to contain the light guide, and a housing configured to contain the light source unit, the light guide, and the covering member, the light guide including a protruded portion configured to suppress a shift in a longitudinal direction, the covering member including an opening, and the housing including a receiving portion configured to receive the protruded portion of the light guide, wherein the protruded portion of the light guide is engaged with the receiving portion of the housing via the opening of the covering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryoki Matsui, Suguru Tashiro, Hidemasa Yosida
  • Patent number: 10462324
    Abstract: An image sensor unit includes a light condenser that collects light from a reading target object; an image sensor that receives light and converts the light into an electric signal; an elongated housing that houses the light condenser and the image sensor; and an elongated rigid member attached to a side surface extending in the elongated direction of the housing. The side surface of the housing is provided with an attachment protrusion. The rigid member is provided with an attachment hole that penetrates from a surface facing the side surface of the housing to a non-facing surface on the opposite side, and the non-facing surface of the rigid member is provided with a concave. The attachment protrusion is inserted into the attachment hole, and a part of the attachment protrusion is fit into the concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10404882
    Abstract: An image sensor unit includes a light condenser that collects light from an object to be read, an image sensor that receives the light collected by the light condenser and outputs an image, and a housing that houses the light condenser and the image sensor. The housing includes a plurality of spacer attachment portions to which a first spacer that keeps a distance between the housing and a mount member can be detachably attached and for which distances between the housing and the mount member in a state where the attached first spacer abuts against the mount member differ from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10382647
    Abstract: An image sensor unit includes: multiple first light guides that shape light emitted by light sources into a line and emit linear light elongated in longitudinal direction to an object to be read (P); multiple holding members that hold each of the first light guides on a frame; and an image sensor that detects light from the object to be read (P). The multiple first light guides are parallel, and in a range in which the image sensor detects the light from the object to be read (P) in the longitudinal direction of the first light guides, center positions in the main-scan direction of the multiple holding members that hold one first light guide of the multiple light guides and center positions in the main-scan direction of the multiple holding members that hold another light guide different from the one first light guide deviate from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Hidemasa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10354470
    Abstract: An image sensor unit (60) includes: a light source part (25) that emits at least ultraviolet light in a main-scan direction to an object to be illuminated; a light condenser (32) that focuses light from the object to be illuminated; an image sensor (75) that converts the light focused by the light condenser (32), into an electric signal; and an ultraviolet cut part (65) that is disposed between the object to be illuminated and the image sensor (75), cuts off ultraviolet light in light reflected by the object to be illuminated, and allows fluorescent light to transmit therethrough. The image sensor (75) includes an ultraviolet detection part (77) that detects light in the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source part (25), the detected light having been reflected by a reflecting part but having not transmitted through the ultraviolet cut part (65).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 10323825
    Abstract: A first reflection light guide includes an axial part as an end part, and a main body part, has a linear rod-like shape including the end part and the main body part, and allows light from a first reflection light source to enter the end part and to be emitted from the main body part. The end part of the first reflection light guide is narrower than the main body part, and includes a contact surface in contact with a cap. The cap includes a light source side opening. A first reflection light source is arranged at the light source side opening. The first reflection light source faces the end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Tsumekawa, Hidehisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10321005
    Abstract: An image sensor unit includes: a light condenser that collects light from the reading target object; an image sensor that receives the collected light collected and converts it into an electric signal; a housing having an elongated shape housing the light condenser and image sensor; and an elongated rigid member provided on a side surface elongated in an elongated direction of the housing. The housing has a multiple positions for fixation on the side surface. The rigid member is fixed to the side surface of the housing at at least two positions. A warping amount adjusting part is provided between the positions at which the rigid member is fixed. The warping amount adjusting part is capable of holding warping amount in the direction of the optical axis of the light condenser of the housing by intervention of a warping amount adjusting member between the rigid member and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10136019
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light source and an elongated light guide, wherein the light guide includes an emission surface that emits light from the light source and a reflection surface that reflects the light to the emission surface, the reflection surface includes a plurality of diffusion portions that diffuse the light, the diffusion portions have a shape of part of a sphere recessed from the reflection surface, a depth of the diffusion portions from the reflection surface is equal to or greater than 16.5% and equal to or smaller than 50% of a diameter of the sphere, and a width of the diffusion portions is equal to or greater than 0.1 mm and equal to or smaller than 50% of a width of the reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yoshida, Yoshihiko Tsumekawa, Akihito Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10091382
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination apparatus that applies light to an original, the illumination apparatus including: a light source; and a rod-shaped light guide including: an incident surface that receives the light from the light source; a reflection surface provided with a diffusion portion that diffuses the light incident on the incident surface; and an emission surface that emits, to the original, the light diffused by the diffusion portion. An area of the light guide is reduced by an inclination of the light guide from the incident surface side to a middle part in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, and the light guide is provided with the diffusion portion from the incident surface side to the middle part on the reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yoshida, Yoshihiko Tsumekawa, Akihito Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10011129
    Abstract: Provided is a control unit of a conveying apparatus, the conveying apparatus including: a conveying unit that conveys recording paper along a conveyance path; an imaging unit that images the recording paper; and a light emitting unit arranged on an opposite side of the imaging unit across the conveyance path, wherein the control unit detects conveyance information of the recording paper based on image information of the recording paper imaged by the imaging unit in a state in which light from the light emitting unit is transmitted through the recording paper. The control unit detects the conveyance information of the recording paper based on a plurality of images of the recording paper imaged at different timings by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Ishimaru, Yoshihisa Negishi, Kenichi Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Hattori
  • Patent number: 10009555
    Abstract: An image sensor unit includes a light emitting element, a light guide that has a substantially rod-like shape and shapes light emitted by the light emitting element into a line, a light condenser that focuses light from an illuminated object, an image sensor that detects the light focused by the light condenser, and a frame in which a light guide housing chamber that houses the light guide and an image sensor housing chamber that houses the image sensor are formed. A correction optical path that extends from the light guide to the image sensor without passing through the light condenser is formed in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Shuuichi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 9854118
    Abstract: A transmission light source unit includes a first light source portion including: a first light source; and a first light guide that shapes light emitted by the first light source into a line and emits the light toward a conveyance path of a paper sheet. An image sensor unit includes: a second light source portion that emits light toward the conveyance path of the paper sheet; and an image sensor that detects the light emitted by the first light source portion and transmitted through the paper sheet and the light emitted by the second light source portion and reflected by the paper sheet. A first light diffusing surface of the first light guide is provided with at least one of concave portions and convex portions including inclined surfaces and inclined relative to a normal line of the first light emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Hidemasa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9838559
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a light source; a rod-like light guide having an incident surface that enters light from the light source that is disposed on one side in a main-scan direction, a diffusing surface that diffuses light that enters from the incident surface, and an emission surface that linearly emits light towards a bill; and a reflection member having a reflection surface that reflects light diffused by the diffusing surface to the light guide. The light guide has a locking projection that is locked in the reflection member on one side in the main-scan direction. The reflection member has a locking hole in which the locking projection is locked. A cut-out portion at which one part is cut out is formed in the locking hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Tsumekawa, Hidemasa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9745428
    Abstract: There is provided with a method for manufacturing a resin product. One embodiment includes performing a modification process on a portion of a surface of the resin product not less than two times by different methods to modify the portion such that a plating metal can be deposited on the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Taisuke Iwashita, Yoshihisa Negishi, Yoshihiro Hattori, Naoki Tatebayashi
  • Patent number: 9638855
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light source and a light guide formed in a rod shape. An end surface in a longitudinal direction is an incident surface that receives light emitted from the light source. Diffusing patterns are formed on the light guide, and intervals between the diffusing patterns closer to the incident surface in a first area close to the incident surface are smaller than intervals between the diffusing patterns closer to the incident surface in a second area farther from the incident surface than the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: CANON COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yoshida, Yoshihiko Tsumekawa