Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ishikawa

Atsushi Ishikawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20220368865
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, a filter array disposed on an optical path from a target object to the image sensor and including two-dimensionally-arranged optical filters, and a processing circuit that generates at least four pieces of spectral image data based on an image acquired by the image sensor. The optical filters include various types of optical filters with different spectral transmittance. Each of the at least four pieces of spectral image data indicates an image corresponding to one of at least four wavelength bands. The filter array includes at least one characteristic section. The processing circuit detects a relative position between the filter array and the image sensor based on the at least one characteristic section in the image acquired by the image sensor, and compensates for deviation between the relative position and a preliminarily-set relative position when the processing circuit detects the deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: MOTOKI YAKO, ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA, KAZUYA HISADA
  • Patent number: 11480818
    Abstract: An optical scan device includes an optical waveguide array, including a plurality of optical waveguides each of which propagates light along a first direction, that emits a light beam, the plurality of optical waveguides being arranged in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a phase shifter array including a plurality of phase shifters connected separately to each of the plurality of optical waveguides, a control circuit that controls a phase shift amount of each of the plurality of phase shifters and/or inputting of light to each of the plurality of phase shifters and thereby controls a direction and shape of the light beam that is emitted from the optical waveguide array, a photodetector that detects the light beam reflected by a physical object, and a signal processing circuit that generates distance distribution data on the basis of output from the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Inada, Atsushi Ishikawa, Yumiko Kato
  • Publication number: 20220332625
    Abstract: A fire blasting device for manufacturing a medical glass container prevented from breakage and deformation. A glass container is placed on the outer peripheral surface of each of a first roller and a second roller, which are disposed side by side in such a manner that the axis lines are parallel to each other. The axis line of the glass container is parallel to the axis lines of the first roller and the second roller. The entire outer peripheral surface in an inner surface of the glass container corresponding to a region deteriorated by processing is made to abut on the outer peripheral surface of each of the first roller and the second roller. A flame is ejected from a point burner to the region deteriorated by processing in the inner surface of the glass container while rotating the glass container by rotating the first roller and the second roller around the axis lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhisa MORIUCHI, Yoshio INOUE, Atsushi ISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20220250970
    Abstract: A coating film-attached glass comprising a glass substrate, and a coating film provided on at least a part of a surface of the glass substrate, in which a region from the surface of the glass substrate on the coating film side to a predetermined depth is a modified layer, and the modified layer has a microcrystalline structure at least in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Masamichi Wada, Atsushi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220239870
    Abstract: A filter array according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with filters arranged two-dimensionally. The filters include multiple types of first filters having mutually different transmission spectra, of which each transmission spectrum includes first peaks, and multiple types of second filters having mutually different transmission spectra, of which each transmission spectrum includes one or more second peaks. The number of the first peaks in the transmission spectrum of each of the multiple types of first filters is greater than the number of the one or more second peaks in the transmission spectrum of each of the multiple types of second filters, and the multiple types of first filters and the multiple types of second filters are disposed in a mixed arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: YASUHISA INADA, ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA, MOTOKI YAKO
  • Publication number: 20220235957
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a heat exchanger, a fan having a motor having coils to blow air to the heat exchanger, a connection switching unit to switch a connection state of the coils between a first connection state and a second connection state in which a line voltage is lower than a line voltage in the first connection state, and a temperature sensor to detect a temperature. When the motor is not driven, the connection switching unit sets the connection state of the coils to the second connection state. When the motor rotates, the connection switching unit sets the connection state of the coils to the first connection state if a detected temperature by the temperature sensor is higher than or equal to a threshold, and the connection switching unit sets the connection state of the coils to the second connection state if the detected temperature is lower than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220216752
    Abstract: A magnetization ring is disposed between a rotor and a core portion surrounding the rotor, the rotor having permanent magnets and inter-pole portions which are arranged in a circumferential direction about an axis. The magnetization ring has a magnetic portion facing the center of the permanent magnet in the circumferential direction, and a nonmagnetic portion facing the inter-pole portion of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori WATANABE, Atsushi MATSUOKA, Atsushi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220173545
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a holder; and a harness housing unit coupled to the holder; wherein this harness housing unit includes multiple harness housings connected to the ends of electric wire harnesses including electric wires 91 and is configured by coupling adjacent harness housings in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHIKAWA, Ayako IDA
  • Patent number: 11296560
    Abstract: A motor is used in a compressor. The motor includes a stator including a stator core having a yoke part that extends in a circumferential direction about an axis and a plurality of teeth that extend from the yoke part toward the axis and are arranged in the circumferential direction, and a winding wound around the plurality of teeth of the stator core in wave winding, and a rotor whose number of poles is P and which is disposed on an inner side of the stator in a radial direction about the axis. When a number of the plurality of teeth is represented by S, S/P?6 is satisfied. The yoke part has a refrigerant passage through which refrigerant passes in a direction of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220094899
    Abstract: A method for processing image data according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes obtaining first image data indicating a hyperspectral image of a target captured in first background light, generating, on a basis of the first image data, first spectral data indicating an estimated spectrum of the first background light, and generating, from the first image data, at least one piece of second image data indicating at least one image of the target in at least one type of second background light, which is different from the first background light, using at least one piece of second spectral data indicating at least one spectrum of the at least one type of second background light and the first spectral data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: YASUHISA INADA, ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA, TOSHIO MOCHIDA, TAKU HIRASAWA, KAZUYA HISADA, YUMIKO KATO
  • Patent number: 11264847
    Abstract: A reluctance motor is used in a compressor. The reluctance motor includes a rotor having a rotor core that has an annular outer circumference about an axis, having a plurality of magnetic poles along the outer circumference, and having no permanent magnet, and a stator including a stator core that surrounds the rotor from an outer side in a radial direction about the axis and a winding wound around the stator core in wave winding. Each of the plurality of magnetic poles has a first slit formed in the rotor core and a second slit formed on an inner side of the first slit in the radial direction. The stator core has a refrigerant passage through which refrigerant passes in a direction of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11228214
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator and a rotor provided inside the stator. The stator includes a stator core, and a coil made of aluminum and wound around the stator core in distributed winding. The rotor includes a rotor core, and a first number of permanent magnets mounted in the rotor core. The coil of the stator is covered with varnish. The first number is greater than or equal to 6, and is less than or equal to 10. Each of the first number of permanent magnets of the rotor contains neodymium, iron, boron and dysprosium, and has a dysprosium content of 0% to 4% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210399148
    Abstract: An optical device includes a nanostructure body which induces surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with light, an alloy layer which is in contact with the nanostructure body and which has a lower work function than the nanostructure body, and an n-type semiconductor which is in Schottky contact with the alloy layer. The nanostructure body is composed of one selected from the group consisting of elemental metals, alloys, metal nitrides, and conductive oxides. The alloy layer is composed of at least two metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: SHINYA OKAMOTO, ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA, YASUHISA INADA
  • Publication number: 20210391662
    Abstract: To provide a connector for which cost can be reduced. A first connector 1 includes first metal members 10A that function as terminals and second metal members 10B that function as reinforcing brackets. Each first metal member 10A and second metal member 10B include a main body part 11, a first edge part 15, a second edge part 16, and a third edge part 17. A first edge part 15 of the first metal member 10A is positioned on the upper side of the main body part 11 that is the side that receives the mating connector. The second metal member 10B is retained in a different orientation from the first metal member 10A. The first edge part 15 of the second metal member 10B is positioned below the main body part 11 of the second metal member 10B and can be attached to a first circuit board B1 arranged on the lower side of the first connector 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHIKAWA, Ayako MATSUMOTO, Ryosuke WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210391373
    Abstract: An optical device includes a nanostructure body which induces surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with light, an oxide layer which is in contact with the nanostructure body, an alloy layer which is in contact with the oxide layer and which is made of an alloy containing a first metal and a second metal that are different in work function from each other, and an n-type semiconductor which is in Schottky contact with the alloy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: SHINYA OKAMOTO, YASUHISA INADA, ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210377498
    Abstract: An optical filter array is used in a photodetection device that generates image data separately for each of N (where N is an integer greater than or equal to 4) wavelength bands. The optical filter array includes a plurality of optical filters. The plurality of optical filters include plural types of optical filters differing in transmittance from each other in each of the N wavelength bands. Assuming that pi is an average of transmittances of the plurality of optical filters for light in an ith wavelength band (where i is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N) of the N wavelength bands, a standard deviation of the average ?i of the transmittances for the N wavelength bands is less than or equal to 0.13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA, YASUHISA INADA, KAZUYA HISADA
  • Publication number: 20210341657
    Abstract: A photodetection device includes: a filter array including a plurality of filters arranged in a two-dimensional array, the plurality of filters including a first filter and a second filter, the first filter and the second filter each including a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and an intermediate layer between the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer and having a resonant structure having a plurality of resonant modes differing in order from each other, at least one selected from the group consisting of a refractive index and a thickness of the intermediate layer of the first filter being different from the at least one selected from the group consisting of a refractive index and a thickness of the intermediate layer of the second filter; and an image sensor disposed at a position where the image senor receives light having passed through the filter array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA, YASUHISA INADA
  • Publication number: 20210318171
    Abstract: An optical filter includes a filter array including filters two-dimensionally arrayed and a band-pass filter. The filters includes first and second filters. A transmission spectrum of each of the first and second filters has local maximum values of transmittance at three or more wavelengths included in a first wavelength region. The band-pass filter passes light in a second wavelength region including two or more wavelengths of the three or more wavelengths and not including one or more wavelengths of the three or more wavelengths. The filter array and the band-pass filter are disposed so that (a) the band-pass filter is located on an optical path of light that passes through the first and second filters or (b) the first and second filters are located on an optical path of light that passes through the band-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: YASUHISA INADA, ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210313359
    Abstract: A light detecting device includes: a filter array including filters two-dimensionally arrayed and an image sensor including light detection elements. Each of first and second filters included in the filters includes a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and an intermediate layer therebetween and has a resonance structure having resonant modes whose orders are different from each other. A refractive index and/or a thickness of the intermediate layer in the first and second filters is different depending on the filter. A transmission spectrum of each of the first and second filters has local maximum value of transmittance at each of wavelengths included in a wavelength region, and the wavelengths correspond to the resonant modes, respectively. The image sensor is disposed at a position where the image senor receives passing light that passes through the filter array, to detect components in the wavelengths included in the passing light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA, YASUHISA INADA
  • Publication number: 20210273507
    Abstract: A rotor includes an electromagnetic steel sheet, a first permanent magnet, and a second permanent magnet. The electromagnetic steel sheet includes a first magnet insertion hole and a second magnet insertion hole that are arranged in a V shape, and also includes a center rib between the first magnet insertion hole and the second magnet insertion hole. The rotor satisfies T?W1?2×T?W2, where T is a thickness of the electromagnetic steel sheet, W1 is a minimum width of the center rib, and W2 is a maximum width of the center rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi ISHIKAWA