Patents by Inventor Akitoshi Ikuno

Akitoshi Ikuno 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).

  • Optical member conveying device
    Patent number: 9521305
    Abstract: An optical member conveying device (90) of an embodiment of the present invention includes: a small LED illumination device (13) which (i) is included in a lens unit suction head (14) which adheres to a top surface of a lens section (50) and (ii) emits light from above the top surface of the lens section (50) toward an opening hole (3a) from which light enters, the opening hole (3a) being provided on the top surface of the lens section (50); and a control section which controls the lens unit suction head (14) to carry out an alignment of the lens section (50) in accordance with a projection image obtained by projecting, by use of light emitted from the small LED illumination device (13), the opening hole (3a) on a side of a back surface of the lens section (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Kaioka, Akitoshi Ikuno
  • OPTICAL MEMBER CONVEYING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150256726
    Abstract: An optical member conveying device (90) of an embodiment of the present invention includes: a small LED illumination device (13) which (i) is included in a lens unit suction head (14) which adheres to a top surface of a lens section (50) and (ii) emits light from above the top surface of the lens section (50) toward an opening hole (3a) from which light enters, the opening hole (3a) being provided on the top surface of the lens section (50); and a control section which controls the lens unit suction head (14) to carry out an alignment of the lens section (50) in accordance with a projection image obtained by projecting, by use of light emitted from the small LED illumination device (13), the opening hole (3a) on a side of a back surface of the lens section (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Shinji Kaioka, Akitoshi Ikuno