Patents by Inventor Akiko Fujiuchi

Akiko Fujiuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 10991737
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes blue photoelectric conversion elements, green photoelectric conversion elements, red photoelectric conversion elements, infrared photoelectric conversion elements, and an infrared cut filter (IRCF) is layered on the blue photoelectric conversion elements, the green photoelectric conversion elements, and the red photoelectric conversion elements with a uniform film thickness. Color filters that respectively transmit the blue light, the green light, and the red light are layered on the IRCF so as to correspond with the blue photoelectric conversion elements, the green photoelectric conversion elements, and the red photoelectric conversion elements. A visible-light shielding filter is layered on the infrared photoelectric conversion elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Ono, Masatoshi Kodama, Naoyuki Tokida, Akiko Fujiuchi, Keisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10348924
    Abstract: A light receiving unit including: a sensor board assembly on which plural sensor tips are arrayed in a line in a longitudinal direction of the sensor board and mounted on the sensor board; and a sensor plate on which plural of the sensor board assemblies are arrayed and mounted in a line in the longitudinal direction. The sensor chips include plural pixels formed in a line in the longitudinal direction. At longitudinal ends of the sensor board assembly, the sensor chips protrude outward in the longitudinal direction from the longitudinal ends. Between the facing sensor chips of the adjacent sensor board assemblies, the facing sensor chips mounted at the longitudinal ends, the ends of the facing sensor chips are spaced at a predetermined interval. The sensor board includes convex portions, at the longitudinal ends, protruding in the longitudinal direction. The sensor chips are mounted at the convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Shunsuke Takatori, Masaaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20190165021
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes blue photoelectric conversion elements, green photoelectric conversion elements, red photoelectric conversion elements, infrared photoelectric conversion elements, and an infrared cut filter (IRCF) is layered on the blue photoelectric conversion elements, the green photoelectric conversion elements, and the red photoelectric conversion elements with a uniform film thickness. Color filters that respectively transmit the blue light, the green light, and the red light are layered on the IRCF so as to correspond with the blue photoelectric conversion elements, the green photoelectric conversion elements, and the red photoelectric conversion elements. A visible-light shielding filter is layered on the infrared photoelectric conversion elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki ONO, Masatoshi KODAMA, Naoyuki TOKIDA, Akiko FUJIUCHI, Keisuke NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10162096
    Abstract: A light guide includes a first exit portion emitting first exiting light, a second exit portion emitting second exiting light in a different direction than the first exiting light, and a reflecting portion reflecting light entering the light guide to each of the first and second exit portions. The first and second exit portions respectively have first and second curved surfaces each having a convex cross section perpendicular to the long axis direction. The second exit portion is connected to the first exit portion in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction. The reflecting portion is provided, in a plane facing the first exit portion and the second exit portion, at a position shifted in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction from a position where a normal to the plane passes through a connection portion between the first and second exit portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Hironobu Arimoto, Taku Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20180249035
    Abstract: A light receiving unit including: a sensor board assembly on which plural sensor tips are arrayed in a line in a longitudinal direction of the sensor board and mounted on the sensor board; and a sensor plate on which plural of the sensor board assemblies are arrayed and mounted in a line in the longitudinal direction. The sensor chips include plural pixels formed in a line in the longitudinal direction. At longitudinal ends of the sensor board assembly, the sensor chips protrude outward in the longitudinal direction from the longitudinal ends. Between the facing sensor chips of the adjacent sensor board assemblies, the facing sensor chips mounted at the longitudinal ends, the ends of the facing sensor chips are spaced at a predetermined interval. The sensor board includes convex portions, at the longitudinal ends, protruding in the longitudinal direction. The sensor chips are mounted at the convex portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko FUJIUCHI, Shunsuke TAKATORI, Masaaki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20180203178
    Abstract: A light guide includes a first exit portion emitting first exiting light, a second exit portion emitting second exiting light in a different direction than the first exiting light, and a reflecting portion reflecting light entering the light guide to each of the first and second exit portions. The first and second exit portions respectively have first and second curved surfaces each having a convex cross section perpendicular to the long axis direction. The second exit portion is connected to the first exit portion in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction. The reflecting portion is provided, in a plane facing the first exit portion and the second exit portion, at a position shifted in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction from a position where a normal to the plane passes through a connection portion between the first and second exit portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko FUJIUCHI, Hironobu ARIMOTO, Taku MATSUZAWA
  • Patent number: 10021265
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a lens configured to focus light irradiated toward an object to be read and reflected by the object to be read; a sensor configured to receive light focused by the lens; a sensor board configured to mount thereon the sensor; a board retaining plate, having a casing attachment surface extending in the X direction and a sensor board attachment reference surface that is in contact with the +Y side of the sensor board and is formed in a side surface of the casing attachment surface, and configured to retain the sensor board; and a first casing configured to fix or retain the board retaining plate by fastening of a surface of the casing attachment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Seiichi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 9946009
    Abstract: A light guide includes a first exit portion emitting first exiting light, a second exit portion emitting second exiting light in a different direction than the first exiting light, and a reflecting portion reflecting light entering the light guide to each of the first and second exit portions. The first and second exit portions respectively have first and second curved surfaces each having a convex cross section perpendicular to the long axis direction. The second exit portion is connected to the first exit portion in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction. The reflecting portion is provided, in a plane facing the first exit portion and the second exit portion, at a position shifted in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction from a position where a normal to the plane passes through a connection portion between the first and second exit portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Hironobu Arimoto, Taku Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 9894233
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first illumination portion and a second illumination portion. The first illumination portion and the second illumination portion respectively include a bar-like light guide whose shape of an end face of an end portion includes a part of a circle, an ellipse or a parabola, and light source elements that are provided to face the end face of the end portion of the light guide. In the light guide of the second illumination portion, light enters a determined range in which a focus of the shape of the end face of the end portion of the light guide is included. In the light guide of the first illumination portion, light enters a range that is not the determined range in which the focus of the shape of the end face of the light guide is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Matsuzawa, Akiko Fujiuchi, Toshiaki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9841549
    Abstract: A light guide includes a first exit portion emitting first exiting light, a second exit portion emitting second exiting light in a different direction than the first exiting light, and a reflecting portion reflecting light entering the light guide to each of the first and second exit portions. The first and second exit portions respectively have first and second curved surfaces each having a convex cross section perpendicular to the long axis direction. The second exit portion is connected to the first exit portion in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction. The reflecting portion is provided, in a plane facing the first exit portion and the second exit portion, at a position shifted in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction from a position where a normal to the plane passes through a connection portion between the first and second exit portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Hironobu Arimoto, Taku Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: D784167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D784337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D784994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D785626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D785627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D785628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D785629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D785630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D785631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Kazuya Makabe, Masaki Wakisaka
  • Patent number: D807361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Atsushi Ito, Ichihiro Abe, Koichiro Okamura