Patents Assigned to Ya-Man Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6790205
    Abstract: A laser beam projector equipped with a CCD camera for taking a picture of a spot for treatment, thus permitting observation of the spot by sight. The laser beam projector has an annular projection formed around a circular hole made on the front of its casing, and a trapezoid heat sink is fitted in the circular hole with its base caught by the circumference of the annular projection. The annular projection has threads formed on its outer circumference. A tapered cap has a laser beam throwing aperture made on its top end. The tapered cap is screwed and fixed to the annular projection, and the tapered head is applied to the spot with the laser beam aperture closed with the skin. The heat sink has a through hole made at its center, and a magnifying lens is placed deep in the through hole, and is directed to the laser beam throwing aperture. The CCD camera is placed behind the magnifying lens with its focal plan aligned with the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ya-Man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Izawa
  • Patent number: 6736807
    Abstract: The instrument of the present invention irradiates a relatively large skin area evenly with laser beams. A plurality of semiconductor laser diodes are arranged to form two lines with the semiconductor laser diodes of one line staggered with those of the other line, and the semiconductor laser diodes of each line are so inclined that their laser beams may focus on a single line. With this arrangement the plurality of laser beams provide a linear distribution of narrow beam, and the scanning area on the skin can be expanded accordingly. The beauty treatment on the skin or the depilation treatment can be expedited significantly. Advantageously the focusing points of the laser beams are distributed at an increased density, and the irradiation strength averages everywhere to attain the even beauty treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Ya-Man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Izawa
  • Patent number: 6694182
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved wearable calorie calculator, which takes the degree of active strength and the quantity of basal metabolism into account to calculate the total number of calories consumed each day with precision, and which visually informs the wearer of the goal or outcome of exercises. The calorie calculator comprises: a housing 1 having a display D equipped therewith, the housing 1 being wearable to a selected part of one's body; electrodes E1 and E2 for determining bioelectric impedance; momentum gauge means 190 responsive to three-dimensional body movements for determining the momentum of a wearer; cardiac rate measuring means 210; individual data inputting means 120; body fat percentage calculator means 130; basal metabolism calculator means 140; a daily consumption calorie calculator means 220; whereby at least the body fat percentage and the total number of calories consumed a day are given on the display D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Ya-Man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Kimiyo Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6572637
    Abstract: A handbreadth-sized laser beam projecting probe for beauty treatment, comprising: a semiconductor laser device for producing a laser beam; a drive circuit for driving the semiconductor laser device; a heat sink for removing the generated heat from the semiconductor laser device; a CPU for controlling the radiation of the laser beam from the semiconductor laser device; a condenser lens for condensing the laser beam from the semiconductor laser device; an adjuster for adjusting the distance between the skin and the condenser lens; and an on-and-off switch associated with an electric power supply. The handbreadth-sized probe can be carried everywhere, permitting the practice of beauty treatment when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Ya-Man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Izawa
  • Patent number: 6496735
    Abstract: A portable pulse beauty treatment apparatus according to the present invention permits one to move freely while taking a desired pulse beauty treatment, thus making it unnecessary to allot a relatively long time of period exclusively to the pulse beauty treatment. A belt bag contains a control box having a pulse generator installed therein for effecting a pulse beauty treatment, and one wears the belt bag round one's waist. An electroded union suit has bundles of wires connecting its flat electrodes to the pulse generator in the control box, thus permitting the pulse generator to supply the flat electrodes with a train of pulses via the bundles of electric wires. The control box has two pairs of electrodes provided on its opposite sides for measurement of body impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Ya-Man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Izawa
  • Patent number: 6453203
    Abstract: A pair of electrode tights which does not require that one be naked when lying down to take a beauty treatment. Six pairs of flat electrodes EL1 to EL6, ER1 to ER6 are attached to selected places symmetrical relative to the center fine inside of the garment, with the flat electrodes facing the underbelly, the inguinal region, the hip, the femoral region, the rear side of the knee and the calf of the body. These flat electrodes are connected to a pulse beauty treatment apparatus via electrically conductive press studs and a bundle of electric wires. The pair of electrode tights may have an elongated tubular bag for containing the bundle of electric wires. The elongated tubular bag has a fastener running along its full length for holding together two parts of the bag, and a plurality of relay terminals fixed inside for connecting the electric wires to the flat electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Ya - Man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Izawa
  • Patent number: 5820625
    Abstract: A light depilating apparatus comprising a light depilating probe, an electric controller, and a connection cable for connecting the light depilating probe to the electric controller whereby the light depilating probe is brought into contact with a portion of skin to be depilated; wherein the light depilating probe includes: a hollow body; a head cap having opened and closed ends and being attached at its opened end to one end portion of the body so as to form an inner space in the head cap; a transparent contacting cylinder provided on a head of the head cap at its closed end so that the cylinder is brought into contact with skin; a holding block provided in the inner space of the head cap; a connection cap provided at the other end portion of the body to hold a terminal of the cable connected to the electric controller; a plurality of light-emitting sources constituted by semiconductor laser elements mounted in holes formed in the holding bock so as to be excited by the electric controller through electric c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Ya-man Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Izawa, Iwao Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 4949727
    Abstract: A portable physical checker which is provided with a display part, a group of the function changing-over keys and ten-keys for data input on the surface of the unit case where is sufficiently thinner than dimensions of height and width thereof and has the electrodes for measuring inner body impedance at reverse side of the above unit case, the central processing unit processes according to the input from above electrodes based on the setting with the above function changing-over keys and keys for data input and also the memory unit for data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Ya-man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Katsumi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4813412
    Abstract: This invention relates to an automatic system for beauty equipment of eternal epilation, facial treatment, beautiful skin creation, weight reduction, etc. This system provides the measuring apparatuses (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) that measure the condition of the portion to which beauty treatment is to be applied, e.g. skin moisture, temperature, pH, etc. It processes the output obtained through the above measuring apparatuses by central processing unit (11, 12, 13, 14) in operation and then controls the operating condition of beauty equipment (22, 23, 24, 25), e.g. strength or weakness of the output, on or off, based on the above result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Ya-Man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Yuji Nakamichi, Keizo Abe, Tatsuya Okudera
  • Patent number: 4682221
    Abstract: This invention relates to a non-contact electro-optical displacement follower which captures the image of a target or device under test optically, converts the said image into an electron image by optical-electrical conversion, and measures displacement. It forms a variable voltage which moves the electron image on the displayer to the desired location and can be applied to each deflection coil (8, 9) by arranging a variable voltage generator (18h, 18v) attached to each deflection coil so that the set-up and adjustment of the equipment and measurement preparations can be performed easily. Moreover, this equipment possesses a displayer (A1, A2, A3, A4) to indicate which position (up, down, right or left) the electron image moved due to the variable voltage, in spite of the fact that the electron image may be damaged temporarily if adjustment is excessive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Ya-man Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Yamazaki, Yuji Nakamichi, Keizo Abe, Tatsuya Okudera