Patents by Inventor Echigo Tomio

Echigo Tomio 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: 7922655
    Abstract: An endoscope attachment enables an endoscope to capture images of areas in front and at the sides of the endoscope. The endoscope attachment has a transparent attaching part which is used to attach the endoscope attachment to a probe of the endoscope and has two through-holes. A cylindrical transparent image capturing part is used to enable a camera of the probe to capture images and has a trumpet-shaped second mirror on the outer wall of the image capturing part and a wide angle lens with a hyperboloid in the image capturing part. A first mirror is formed at a part of the hyperboloid of the wide angle lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Yagi Yasushi, Echigo Tomio, Sagawa Ryusuke
  • Publication number: 20080045797
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an endoscope attachment which enables an endoscope to capture images of areas in front and at the sides of the endoscope. The endoscope attachment has: a transparent attaching part (100) which is used to attach the attachment to a probe of the endoscope, and has two through-holes (120, 130); and a cylindrical transparent image capturing part (110) which is used to enable a camera of the probe to capture images, and has a trumpet-shaped second mirror (171) on the outer wall of the image capturing part (110) and a wide angle lens (150) with a hyperboloid in the image capturing part (110). At a part of the hyperboloid of the wide angle lens (150), the first mirror (151) is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yagi Yasushi, Echigo Tomio, Sagawa Ryusuke