Patents Assigned to Nikon
  • Patent number: 12367618
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquirer that acquires observation results obtained by image-capturing a plurality of target objects under predetermined observation conditions; and a display controller that highlights, in a display image related to a container having a plurality of storages respectively storing the plurality of target objects, storages of the container that belong to a group meeting a classification criterion selected by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Momotaro Ishikawa, Toshihide Tadaki, Takeyuki Abe, Kohma Hayashi, Kyoko Negishi, Ryoko Sendoda
  • Publication number: 20250231389
    Abstract: A holder apparatus, which is placed on a stage of an observation apparatus including the stage, an observation optical system which is arranged below the stage and on which light from a biological sample is incident, and a control unit, includes: a holder body which holds a culture vessel in which the biological sample is arranged; and an illumination optical system which is provided in the holder body and illuminates the biological sample, and the illumination optical system is arranged in at least one of a side surface portion or an upper portion of the holder body when a direction in which the biological sample is observed is set as a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kawai, Li-Jiun Chen, Yuuya Takayama, Kumiko Matsui
  • Patent number: 12360340
    Abstract: An optical system used in an optical apparatus, such as a camera 1, is configured to include a plurality of lens groups such that at focusing the distances between the lens groups are varied, that a final lens group disposed closest to an image side of the lens groups includes at least one lens surface having a pole, and that all of the following conditional expressions are satisfied: 0.020<Y/f<0.120??(1) 0.010<Bf/TL<0.150??(2) where Y is image height, f is the focal length of the optical system, TL is the total optical length of the optical system, and Bf is the back focus of the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Mami Muratani, Taku Matsuo, Satoshi Miwa, Yoko Komatsubara, Akino Kondo
  • Publication number: 20250222520
    Abstract: A calculation device used in a manufacturing apparatus for producing a 3D manufactured object from a solidified layer formed by heating a layer-shaped material layer formed of a powder material by irradiation with an energy beam includes a detection unit configured to obtain a state of the material layer based on a shape of the formed material layer, and an output unit configured to output information on the state of the material layer obtained by the detection unit to set a manufacturing condition of the manufacturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koki TAKESHITA
  • Publication number: 20250222539
    Abstract: A processing apparatus has: a light irradiation apparatus that irradiates a surface of an object with a plurality of processing lights; and a first change apparatus that changes a relative positional relationship between light concentration positions of the plurality of processing lights in a direction that intersects with the surface of the object, the processing apparatus changes a thickness of a part of the object by irradiating the surface of the object with the plurality of processing lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIRAISHI, Yoshio KAWABE, Yosuke TATSUZAKI, Yuichi SHIBAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12352938
    Abstract: Comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having negative refractive power; upon varying a magnification, the first lens group being fixed with respect to the image plane, and each distance between the neighboring lens groups being varied; upon focusing, at least a portion of the fourth lens group being moved; and predetermined conditional expression(s) being satisfied, thereby variations in various aberrations upon varying magnification being superbly suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoki Ito
  • Publication number: 20250214249
    Abstract: A control apparatus, a control system, a robot system, a control method, and a computer program that is configured to generate a control signal for controlling a robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji HOSOMI, Hikaru SHIGENO, Ashik EFTAKHAR, Makito MIYANO, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Kohei MIMURA, Daisuke KOYANAGI, Yusuke MORINO, Hideyuki SANO, Hayate SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12345863
    Abstract: An optical system (OL) formed from a preceding lens group (GA) having a negative refractive power, and a succeeding lens group (GB) having a positive refractive power, the lens groups being arranged in order from the object side along the optical axis. The succeeding lens group (GB) has: a focusing group (GF) having a positive refractive power, the focusing group (GF) being positioned furthest toward the object side of the succeeding lens group (GB); and an image-side group (GC) positioned further toward the image side than the focusing group (GF). During focusing from an infinitely distant object to a short-distance object, the focusing group (GF) moves toward the image side along the optical axis and satisfies the following conditional expression. 0.78<fB/fC<1.00 In this conditional expression, fB is the focal distance of the succeeding lens group GB, and fC is the focal distance of the image-side group GC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Fumiaki Ohtake
  • Patent number: 12346029
    Abstract: Collection reflectors with multiple reflector elements defined on a curved surface are used to collect EUV optical radiation from an EUV emitting area. Each of the reflector elements can image the emitting area at or near a corresponding reflective element of a second multi-element reflector that overlaps radiation from each of the multiple reflector element of the collection reflector to illuminate a grating reticle. Systems with such a collection reflector can use fewer optical elements. In addition, grating reticles are defined on a curve substrate an include a plurality of grating phase steps so that the grating reticle provides phase curvature along two axes but with physical curvature along a single axis. Methods of producing varying duty cycle 1D patterns are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Donis G. Flagello, Daniel Gene Smith, Michael Birk Binnard, Stephen Paul Renwick
  • Publication number: 20250206655
    Abstract: A glass is provided as follows. A content rate of TeO2 is from 50% to 90% by mass. At least two components selected from Bi2O3, B2O3, GeO2, Al2O3, Ga2O3, BaO, ZnO, Li2O, La2O3, and WO3 are included. At least one component selected from Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, W, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Rb, Cs, Ba, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Sb, Pb, Bi, Au, Pt, Ag, Ir, Pd, Rh, Ru, Re, F, Cl, Br, I, and S is included in an amount more than 0 mg/kg and up to 1500 mg/kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei YOSHIMOTO, Miki FUJIWARA, Kiyoaki SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 12339428
    Abstract: A zoom optical system (ZL) comprises, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having a positive refractive power; and a second lens group (G2) having a negative refractive power, wherein upon zooming, a distance between the adjacent lens groups changes. The zoom optical system further comprises an aperture stop (S) disposed closer to an image than the second lens group (G2, and satisfies the following conditional expression: 0.10<Df/Dr<0.90 where Df: a distance to the aperture stop from a lens surface of the zoom optical system closest to an object in a wide angle end state, and Dr: a distance from the aperture stop to a lens surface of the zoom optical system closest to the image in the wide angle end state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumu Makida, Tomoki Ito, Satoshi Miwa
  • Publication number: 20250203199
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a distance information acquisition unit that acquires distance information from a first imaging device to a subject; and an operation control unit that controls a state to an operable state in which the first imaging device is capable of performing a remote operation on a second imaging device based on the distance information acquired by the distance information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAKESHITA, Mitsuteru HINO, Takumi ISHIKAWA, Kenichiro IWAMI, Yusuke YOSHIDA, Taketoshi SHIMBORI
  • Publication number: 20250203193
    Abstract: A control apparatus that access first cameras capturing a first subject of a first area, and second cameras capturing a second subject of a second area, detects a viewing direction of a spectator group in the first subject on the basis of image data of the first subject captured by any one of first cameras, identifies a focus area in the second area that is focused on by the spectator group on the basis of the viewing direction of the spectator group, identifies a focus subject, focused on by the spectator group, that is present in the focus area on the basis of image data of the second subject captured by each of the second cameras, determines a specific second camera to be a transmission source of image data from among the second cameras on the basis of the focus subject, and transmits image data from the specific second camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke OTSUBO, Satoshi TAKAHASHI, Yuuya TAKAYAMA, Kazuhiro ABE, Hideo HOSHUYAMA, Marie SHODA, Sho SOMIYA, Tetsuya KOIKE, Naoya OTANI
  • Publication number: 20250202580
    Abstract: A light emitting device projects an emission beam onto a physical object using an image forming optical system. The device includes an optical member that directs light through the system and an imaging device to capture the object's image. A position changing device adjusts the beam's position on a conjugate plane, altering its emission point. A control device adjusts the beam's position based on imaging results, ensuring precise targeting of the physical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi SHIBAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12334404
    Abstract: A surface position detection device that information of a detected surface along an axis that intersects the detected surface includes: a light transmission unit having a modulated intensity in the detected surface in a first direction within the detected surface are radiated and superimposed onto the detected surface obliquely from a direction having a direction component in the first direction and forms an irradiation region on the detected surface; a light reception unit arranged with respect to the detected surface, receives at a different position of each light reception surface, the plurality of detection lights reflected by a detection region of which a width in the first direction is a predetermined value in the irradiation region, and outputs photoelectric conversion signal of the plurality of detection lights; and calculates the detected surface based on the photoelectric conversion signal of the plurality of detection lights output from the light reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Takahashi, Michio Ohashi
  • Patent number: 12332413
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system comprising a plurality of lens groups which includes a first positive lens group disposed at a most object side and having positive refractive power, a first negative lens group disposed at an image side of the first positive lens group and having negative refractive power, and a second negative lens group disposed at a more image side than the first negative lens group and having negative refractive power; upon varying a magnification, distances between adjacent lens groups being varied; the first negative lens group being movable to include a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis as a vibration reduction lens group; the second negative lens group being moved along the optical axis upon carrying out focusing; and the first negative lens group further including a lens that satisfies predetermined conditional expression(s), thereby various aberrations being corrected superbly, and vibration reduction lens group being made small in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishikawa, Norikazu Yokoi
  • Patent number: 12327347
    Abstract: An image processing method, which is executed by a processor, comprises acquiring a choroidal vascular image, identifying, in the choroidal vascular image, a plurality of blood vessel center points of a choroidal blood vessel along a flow direction of the choroidal blood vessel, and computing a blood vessel diameter for each of the plurality of identified blood vessel center points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mariko Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 12326612
    Abstract: A vibrator includes an electromechanical transducer which is a piezoelectric ceramic made of sodium-potassium niobate metal oxides and whose temperature characteristics of a relative permittivity is 500 [ppm/° C.] or less in absolute value in a temperature range from ?40° C. to 170° C., wherein excitation of the electromechanical transducer produces a vibration wave. Another vibrator includes an electromechanical transducer which is a piezoelectric ceramic made of sodium-potassium niobate metal oxides and whose temperature characteristics of a relative permittivity is 390 [ppm/° C.] or less in absolute value in a temperature range from 0° C. to 60° C., wherein excitation of the electromechanical transducer produces a vibration wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ashizawa, Kazutaka Watanabe, Hirofumi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20250182842
    Abstract: A working process of a system for selecting an antibody, the system being communicatively connected to an antibody information server, the system having a control unit and a display device, the working process including following steps executed by the control unit: a first step of displaying, on the display device, a microscopic image of biological tissue or cell; a nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid included in the biological tissue or cell; data indicating a characteristics of nucleic acid or a characteristics of nucleotide sequence; and name(s) of one or more genes obtained based on data, a second step of transmitting an ID of a gene selected from one or more genes to the antibody information server, a third step of receiving information on an antibody against protein encoded by the selected gene from the antibody information server, a fourth step of displaying the antibody information on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji TAKATSUKA, Akihiko Morozumi
  • Patent number: 12322094
    Abstract: An image acquire device comprising: an irradiator configured to irradiate an undyed tissue with excitation light; an image sensor configured to acquire a third harmonic image of the undyed tissue based on light generated in third harmonic generation caused by interaction between the undyed tissue and the excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Ishii, Takahiro Matsui, Ryo Tamoto, Akio Iwasa, Masafumi Mimura